1. On the Cover: Burnt body of Lokayya Poojary of the Satya Sai Junior College, Alike 1 2. A Challenge to Pilot Baba - B. Premanand 3 3. The Incorrigible - T. Ganesh U. Pai 23 4. Creationism and the Schools - N. Srinivasan 26 5. Investigate the Murder at Satya Sai Baba's college - Narendra Nayak. 31
1. Blasphemy Law: Persecution of Atheists in West Germany - B. Premanand 2 2. Superstitions and Blind Beliefs in Indian Television - Dr. Rajeev Joshi 4 3. Moon is Acquitted of Murder in Cleveland - N. Sanduleak 5 4. A controlled Test of Dowsing Abilities - James Randi 12 5. Two Tests of Divining in Australia - Dick Smith 17 6. A New Controlled Dowsing Experiment - Michael Martin 20 7. Failure of Avalanche Dowsing in Controlled Tests in Norway - Rolf Manne 23 8. Pilot Baba's Underground Samadhi Exposed Follow-up 26 9. Difference between Preaching and Practice 34
1. Elevent Annual Science Festival Organised by The Bangalore Science Forum, from 1-7-1988 to 31-7-1988-Details 2 2. Is the book "Modern Miracles" authored by Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson, Ph.D., an objective scientific investigation on psychic phenomena associated with Sathya Sai Baba? - B. Premanand 3 3. Letter dated 7-11-1987 from Erlendur Haraldsson. 4 4. The Appearance and Disappearance of Objects in the Presence of Sri Sathya Sai Baba - Erlendur Haraldsson and Karlis Osis 5 5. Letter dated 27-11-1987 to Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson 16 6. Letter dated 5-2-1988 - Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson 23 7. Letter dated 22-1-1988 from Mark Plummer, Executive Director, CSICOP, Buffalo, to Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson 25 8. Letter dated 25-4-1988 to Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson 26 9. Letter dated 16-5-1988 - Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson 36 10. Letter dated 4-6-1988 to Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson 37
1. Letter to the Chief Minister of Karnataka Dated 24-7-1988 for a copy of inquiry report on death of Lokayya Poojary at Sai Baba's College Alike. 2 2. "Stranger Than Fiction" story of incarnation does not prove Reincarnation - B. Premanand 3 3. Are "Past Life" Regressions Evidence of Reincarnation? - Melyvin Harris. 6 4. Letter dated 5-6-1988 on "Prohibition of the word Sena" - M. K. Samant 17 5. Belief in the Stars is not a Good Sign - Scientific Tests Fail to Support Astrology - Paul Kurtz and Andrew Fraknot. 19 6. Help Survey the Newspapers and Journals who Publish Astrological Predictions and who do not. 23 7. Some Significant Work in Cellular and Molecular Biology done by CCMB, Hyderabad. 24 8. Mrs. Anuradha Deshmukh, a Woman Getting Possessed by a Male God, Producing Vibuthi and sivalingas Sai Baba Style - Dr. N. Padki. 32 9. "Prove Your Miracles" letter to Pilot Baba Dated 14-7 1988. 39
1. Blasphemy Law Still Prevalent in West Germany - B. Premanand 2 2. Letter dated 24-6-1988from Prof. Vladimir Dedijer Chairman and President of International War Crimes Tribunal to Protest against the Arrest of Gottfried Niemietz under Blasphemy Law 3 3. Unholy Collaborartion Between the Police and a Witch Doctor - Parivartan. Vadodara 5 4. CSICOP in China - Jim Abrams 9 5. Does Manohar Harkare Alias Yogiraj Monohar Have the Yogic Power to Ascertain Personal Qualities - B. Premanand 11 6. How Will you Verify the Stories of Miracles? - B. Premanand 17 7. Dr. A. T. Kovoor's Challenge and M. P. Narayana Pillai - B. Premanand 19 8. The Challenge of Rs. one Lakh - B. Premanand 23 9. The Levitation "Miracle" at Shivpuri - J. R. 25 10. Questions and Answers 27 11. Death of Lokayya Poojary - Reply Dated 4-8-1988 from the Government of Karnataka 39
1. Did Satya Sai Baba Influence the Judiciary - B. Premanand 2 2. Those Early Years - Y. R. Ghorpade 4 3. Letter Dated 19.9.1981 to Y. R. Ghorpade 7 4. Letter Dated 14.10.1981 from S. H. Muthukrishna, Secretary 8 5. Letter Dated 19.10.1981 to S. H. Muthukrishna 9 6. Letter Dated 27.12.1984 to Supreme Court of India 9 7. Letter No.F.109/Misc/84-SCA(J) Dated 31.1.1985 from Supreme Court of India 10 8. Letter Dated 9.2.1985 to Supreme Court 11 9. Letter No.F.109/Misc.84-SCA(J) dated 18th April 1985 from Supreme Court of India 12 10. Letter Dated 2.2.1985 to Hon. Mr. Chief Justice of India and 16 other Companion Justices 13 11. Letter D. No.1571/85/S.V/R Dated 24th May, 1985 from Supreme Court 15 12. Judgement Dated May 6, 1965 in Civil Appeals Nos.1133& 1134 of 1965 - H. H. Yeshwant Rao Ghorpade v. The Commissioner of Wealth Tax, Bangalore 16 13. Sai Baba How Does He Do It? - Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson 34 14. Letter Dated 27.7.1988 - Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson 38 15. Letter Dated 29.7.1988 - Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson 39
1. Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson vs. B. Premanand: "Is Satya Sai Baba a Trickster and a Fraud ?" Letter Dated 23-8-1988 to Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson. 2 2. Letter dated 19-9-1988 from Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson. 3 3. Haraldsson / B. Premanand Controversy on Modern Miracles: reply to Haraldsson Satya Sai Baba is a Fraud!. 4 4. Yogiraj Manonar Harkare and his Claims of Clair-Perceptions - B. Premanand. 20 5. Hitavada Dated 10-9-1988, Yogic Self Training, Letter to Editor - Dinanath. 21 6. Hitavada Dated 20-9-1988 Letter to Editor - A. K. Dadina. 21 7. Unsigned Letter Posted on 22-9-1988 from Yogiraj Manohar Harkare. 22 8. Letter Dated 11-8-1988 - Yogiraj Manohar Harkare. 23 9. Unsigned Letter Posted on 1-10-1988 - Yogiraj Manohar Harkare. 24 10. A Study of the Kirlian Effect - Arleen J. Watkins and William S. Bickel. 26
1. The Brain and Consciousness: Implications for Psi-Phenomena - Berry L. Beyerstein 8 2. Neuropathology and the Legacy Of Spiritual Possessions - Barry L. Beyerstein 19 3. Science And Mysticism - N. Srinivasan 34
1. New Age Guru - Words and Music - Hayden Head. 2 2. The Psychic Insider - Medim Rare. 8 3. Eradicate Sorcery - Dr. Narendra Dabholcar. 10 4. Sai Baba's Miracles: An Overview - Edited by Dale Beyerstein 11 5. Enslaving Encount? Notes on "Re: Enchantment of the World" - Upendra Baxi. 31 6. Court Stops Tabe Clinic's Ad Campaign Photos: Pages l, 4, 5, 6, 7. 36
1. Rumours of Resurrection attract crowd. 2 2. Law triumphs over religion, Baby saved. 3 3. 15.000 Dravida Kazhakam workers held 3 4. The Psychic Insider No. 2 - Medium Rare 4 5. IA Crash Hostess` Family Refuses to give up the Ghost. 6 6. The Fraud Behind The Story of the Crucifix - B. Premanand. 7 7. Satya Sai Baba's Miracles Controversy continues: Letter of Dr. Dale Beyerstein to Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson. Dated.7.3.1988. 9 8. Letter Dated -4-1988 from Haraldsson to Dale Beyerstein. 10 9. Letter Dated 5-10-1988 from Dr. Dale Beyerstein to Dr. Haraldsson 12 10. Letter Dated 21.10.1988 from Haraldsson to Dale Beyerstein. 15 11. Letter of Dr. S. V. Evani to Dr. Hislop Dated 1.5.1988. 17 12. Letter Dated nil from Dr. S. V. Evani to Dr. Dale Beyerstein. 18 13. IN HONOUR OF SATHYA SAI BABA: A letter from Dr. John S. Hislop. 19 14. Letter dated 17-7-1988 from Dr. Hislop to Mr. David Christopher Lane. 22 15. Is there a Proof on Narayan's Claims of Psychic Powers? - B. Premanand 25 16. Visions of the Future - G. Krishnan 26 17. Election Results dated 24.1.1989 and 21.12.1988 - Hindu 27 18. The Prospects of Fair Judgement from the Supreme Court are Remote - Sumanta Banerjee 30 19. Chavan's Illegal Favours - Lina Matnias 34
1. Dr. S. Bhagawantam and the Seiko Watch Miracle - B. Premanand. 2 2. Of Scientists and Godman - Times of India Dated. 12.9.1976 Page 8. 5 3. Open Forum - An Explanation - S. Bhagavantam Times of India dated. 28.11.1976 page 8. 7 4. Dr. Bhagavantam and Sathya Sai Baba - Dr Abraham T. Kovoor. 8 5. Astrology on Death Row! - Kansas City Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. 13 6. Two day Lecture Series " to Understand Scientific Basis of Astrology and Palmistry " at SNDT Women's University - Dr. Rajeev Joshi. 20 7. Pseudosciences: A Means to Teaching Scientific Methods - A. G.Wheeler. 21 8. Psychiatrists turn to Rebirth Concept. 36 9. Skepticism in Britain and Ireland - Wendy M. Grossman. 37 10. Dear Skeptic Friends Letter Dated 15-4-1989 - Editor. 39
1. Bible St. Matthew 3, 4 and 27 1 2. Housefull - "The Last Temptation of Christ" film. 1 3. St. Mark 1 & 15 2 4. St. Luke 3 & 23 2 5. Christ is Tempted - says St. Matthew in New Testament - B. Premanand 2 6. The Last Temptation of Christ: A controversy - Rev. Chuck Millhuff 4 7. Strong Opinions on "Temtation" Unenlightened -Dan Smith 6 8. False Premise - Gary D. Tebbets 6 9. Expert Opinion - Dan Smith. 7 10. Evangelist Accused of Adultery - Reuter. 8 11. Evangelist Confesses to Sin - The Independent 9 12. Swaggart Affair may Doom Robertson - Alexander Chanellor 9 13. Prostitute Reveals all of Swaggart - The Indian Post. 11 14. Malayalam Drama Banned - The Hindu. 13 15. Row over Play on Christ in Kerala- Deccan Herald 15 16. Furore over Play: Director Issued Show Cause Notice - Deccan Herald. 15 17. Play on Christ banned - Deccan Herald 16 18. Author, Actors of Controversial Play Held - The Hindu 16 19. Christians cross with the Book of Christ - Deccan Herald. 17 20. Play on Christ: Writ Appeal Dismissed - Deccan Herald 18 21. Drama troupe suspends staging of controversial play - The Hindu 23 22. Jesus Christ Super Star - Abu Abranam 24 23. Journalists, artists concern over ban on Malayalam Play -Hindu 28 24. Proscribing of novel on Christ nonsensical: EMS 28 25. SC Declines Action on Christ Play - Deccan Herald 29 26. Threats Scuttle Christ Play - Times of India 31 27. Play on Christ to be Staged Again - Times of India 31 28. No Reason to Ban Play: Counsel - Times of India 32 29. Tug of war on Christ play again - Deccan Herald 33 30. Police Refuse Permission for Staging Play on Christ - The Hindu 33 31. Last Temptation, First Opportunity - The Hindu 34 32. Panel Clears Christ Play - The Indian Post 36 33. Malayalam Play not Profane, Rules HC Panel - Deccan Herald 36 34. Play on Jesus Unfit for Staging, Rules Court - The Hindu 37
1. A Psychic Catches a Thief - B. K. Pal 2 2. The Psychic Insider - Medium Rare 3 3. Work for Cultural Revolution - B. Premanand 3 4. Can Psychic Powers Heal? - B. Premanand 5 5. Letter dated 9.4.1989 from Scientific Promotion Trust 7 6. Letter dated 4-4-1989 from Madhukar N. Gogate 8 7. Psychic Healing - Indian Express. 13.3.1989 9 8. Psychic Healing - Indian Express of 31.3.1989 10 9. Indian Express of 2-4-1989 - Advertisement of Brahma Vidya Mission 10 10. Letter dated 4.4.1989 from Michael A. Stackpole Selecting T. Ganesh U. Pai`s article THE INCORRIGIBLE! for Their Book. 11 11. Randi wins 1989 American Physical Society's Forum Award 12 12. The Late Swami Muktananda who Claimed to Have Awakened his Kundalini Shakti - B. Premanand. 13 13. Swami Muktananda: Smooth Succession - Chander Uday Singh. 17 14. Swami Missing - Deccan Herald of 2.12.1985. 19 15. Missing Swami leaves for US - Deccan Herald 3-12-1985. 19 16. Nityanand: Lover's leap - Devendra Mohan. 19 17. Probe our Ashrams - Blitz of 14.12.1985. 20 18. Drag out or walk out? - Blitz of 14.12.1985. 20 19. Sanjay Gandhi's Death - Maneka Gandhi. 24 20. Healing a Saint - Dr. Ramakant K. Keni. 25 21. Part from The Valley of Divine Delight - Sanathana Sarathi July 1980. 25 22. Satya Sai Baba - Illustrated Weekly of India 1.1.1989. 25 23. Dr. John S. Hislop makes grave allegations against the Doctor who treated Walter R. Cowan - B. Premanand. 26 24. Letter dated 17.8.1988 - Connemara Hotel. 28 25. Letter dates 12.7.1988 - Chevaller Dr. O. G. H. Vaz. 30 26. Letter dated 13.7.1988 - Dr. B. Krishna Rau. 32 27. Letter dated 24.7.1988 - Dr. R. S. Rajagopalan 34 28. Brazilian with cancer dies in city - Times of India - 10.4.1989. 36 29. My Baba and I: The Resurrection of Walter Cowan - Dr. John S. Hislop 37 30. Obituary of S. Preetnam B.E. - Hindu. 23-4-2989. 37
1. Is Sai Baba a Man of Miracles ? - Joseph J. Trevison. 3 2. Sai Baba, a Man of Miracles - Erlendur Haraldsson 3 3. Satya Sai Baba is a Fraud - B. Premanand 4 4. Sai Baba Snow Jobba - Don Henvick 9 5. Origins - N. Srinivasan 12 6. The TM and Levitation Fraud - B. Premanand 21 7. An Analysis of Two Typical TM Claims - Dale Beyerstein and Leonard Angel 24 8. Let us work together - B. Premanand 29 9. Constitution of Co-ordinating Committee of Freethought Organisations 31 10. Letter dates 8.8.1988 of Joseph J. Trevison to Erlendur Haraldsson 35 11. Comments, Criticisms, Appreciations, Suggestions 36
1. Are the Holy Scriptures revelations from God? - B. Premanand 2 2. The Rushdie Case and the Cowardice of the West - Bunte Liste Freiburg 3 3. State Mourning for Three Days - Hindu 5.6.1989 6 4. Ban on Rushdie's Book: A pernicious precedent - Soli J. Sorabjee 7 5. But What About the Verses Themselves? - Arun Shourie. 10 6. Enchaining the Wind - V. Sudarshan 16 7. An Excursion into Fantasy - Gouri Shankar 18 8. What the Quran Really Says - Syed Yusuf 20 9. Reading the Verses in Their Context - K. C. Thomas. 22 10. Learned Questions - Ram Swarup 24 11. Rushdie Book Banned in India to Appease Muslims - Freethinker. 27 12. Muslims Tolerance - Mervin Jones 30 13. A Law for Bigots - Freethinker 33 14. Blasphemy Law Protection Would Strengthen Fanatical Minorities Says NSS President Barbara Smoker 36
1. Indian Skeptic is Launched - B. Premanand 2 2. Dalmatian's Counting Goes to the Dogs - Al Seckel 3 3. To United States in Search of Miracles - B. Premanand 5 4. Attacking the New Nonsense - A committee of Skeptics challenges paranormal claims - TIME 7 5. Graphology: Handwriting Analysis History 9 6. Graphology: Flaws which lace the 1980 Ohio university study - Betty Sdemler Delmar 11 7. The Secrets your writing can reveal 12 8. Mother is Cleared of Faking Son's Suicide Note - Peter Kane 14 9. Corporate Security: Handwriting analysis separates the innocent from guilty 15 10. She's Got Us a T 16 11. Handwriting Analysis - David Schreiber 17 12. Handwriting Analysis - Jim Lippard 19 13. Graphology: Write or Wrong - Barry Beyerstein 23
1. Suggestions to improve Indian Skeptic - Kiran 2 2. To United States in Search of Miracles - B. Premanand 3 3. Calling the News Papers and Journals to Co-operate in the Survey on Astrological Columns 3 4. Does Pyramid Power Work? - B. Premanand 7 5. Building the Pyramids - H. H. Trotti 11 6. Berlitz's Fictional Pyramid - Kendrick Frazier 12 7. Mummy's "living" Cells - Scott J. Klemm 14 8. Review of Pyramids and the Second Reality - James Randi 15 9. Pyramid Energy is for Money Making - Robert Sheaffer 16 10. Putting French Wines to the Pyramid Test - Michel Rouze 18 11. Pyramids, Pyramyths and Pyramidiots - Barry Williams 21 12. Ranchhod Tulsi Patel Who Claims That he Has not Passed Stools - Kiran 34 13. Are Godmen Capable of Giving Solace: Starting the Debate - B. Premanand 35 14. Psychic Cure Breaking Two Pieces of Sticks - B. K. Pal 39
1. World Congress of Freethinker 2 2. News and Comments - B. Premanand 5 3. Anthony Robbins, the Psychic Fire Walker in India 7 4. To United States in Search of Miracles - B. Premanand 8 5. Fire Walking - Bernard J. Leikind and William J. McCarthy 10 6. Ganesh Puja in Railway Station while the Nation is Celebrating Nehru Centenary - Dr. Rajeev Joshi 28 7. Are the Godmen Capable of Giving Solace II 32 8. Liberation from the Prison of Mind - Ganesh Pai 33
1. Nehru Centenary - B. Premanand 2 2. Narendra Nayak is being Victimised for his Skeptic Activities - B. Premanand 3 3. Who is Behind the Murders in Dharmasthala? - B. Premanand 5 4. Encounters with Godmen of the Mean Kind - K. N. T. Sastry 8 5. Kidnapping and Murder of Padmalatha - B. Premanand 14 6. Grant to Pensioners for Religious Celebrations - Dr. Rajeev Joshi 20 7. News and Comments 21 8. Murder of Witches Unabated 22 9. Tantriks help for Mutilating corpses 22 10. Work of Poltergeister? 24 11. Child's Body Exhumed 25 12. Alleged Tantriks in Olamba Beaten up - Sidharth Radheshyam 25 13. Satan Finds Mischief Still - Kevin J. Kelley 26 14. In Search of Ghosts, Demons and Spirits - Narendra Nayak 28 15. Biology and the Power of Meditation - Biranchi Narayan Mishra 32 16. Making Fire by Mantra 33 17. The Miracle of Cutting the Tongue and Restoring it 35 18. Swetcha Gora Donates her Eyes! 36
1. To United States in Search of Miracles Part IV - B. Premanand 2 2. Kundalini Yoga: Hallucinations Created by Self Hypnosis - B. Premanand 3 3. Harish Johari Who Claims to Have Raised his Sexual Power to the Seventh Chakra: His claims and Life 9 4. Harish Johari's Kundalini Fraud - Kim Searrs 15 5. Murders at Ujire, Alike: Social Workers, Writers Seek Probe 31 6. Ujire Murder: Devanand's Charge Refuted 32 7. In Search of Ghosts, Demons and Spirits II - Narendra Nayak 33 8. Comments, criticism, suggestions and News from Skeptic Groups 38
1. Christian Godmen from the West - A. K. Savani 2 2. Do Godmen Provide Solace? - Mrs. Margaret Bhatty 4 3. Discovery of the Word of Atheism at Atheist Centre, Vijayawada on February 3.7.90 7 4. South Shore Skeptics Ain't Afraid of No Ghosts - Mary Hooper 8 5. The Anti-Guru: B. Premanand - Page Stephens 12 6. The Irrepressible Raman Pathak of Surat - Kiran 13 7. UGC and CSIR Sponsored "Aura" Fraud - B. Premanand 14 8. 3rd IMB Magic Fiesta 1990, on 10.12 Feb. at Calicut: B. Dayanand Elected as the International Vice President of IMB for India A. P. Sreenivasan with his One Man Parade Puts India on International Map 26 9. The Kirlian Technique: Controlling the Wild Cards - Arleen J. Watkins and William S. Bickel 27
1. Vishnu Avatar in Lock Up: Report from Maharashtra 2 2. Review of Jawaharlal Nehru "What is Religion?" - Margaret Bhatty 3 3. Body Aura and Electricity - Tom Napier 9 4. The Godmen who blesses with his feet 10 5. P. M. Calls on Deoraha Baba 10 6. Baba's role 10 7. Blood, Money and Human Sacrifice - Kiran, Chamatkar Chakasani Kendra, Gujarat 12 8. A Coconut Avatar? - Kiran, Chamatkar Chakasani Kendra, Gujarat 12 9. Goddess Amba Does The Vanishing Trick - Kiran, Chamatkar Chakasani Kendra, Gujarat 13 10. Sai Baba God in Human Form - A. N. Veeraraghan 13 11. Report from Orissa - Sd. S. Radheshyam 14 12. Incredible Witchcraft of Aska Tribals - Manoranjan Panda 14 13. Will Autonomy to all Indian Radio and Doordarshan Help Them to Adhere to Truth, Equality and Freedom - B. Premanand 16 14. The Resurrection of Walter Cowan - Margaret Bhatty 19 15. Science an Technology Communication and Popularisation Programme 27 16. Comments and Criticism - Ulhas M. Thakur 32 17. The Indian Institute of Public Administration 32 18. Comments and Criticism - G. M. Jagtiani 33 19. A Demonstration of Mind Reading Abilities - Narendra Nayak 34 20. Report form Andhra Pradesh 36
1. Voices from the Next Generation - Margaret Bhatty 3 2. I'd Like to Invent ALICAB - Miss M. Mohimunnisa 5 3. God, where are you? - Kiran 6 4. I'd like to invent our Universe - Miss M. Shabna Asmi 7 5. I'd like to invent a Tele Transporter - Master Abishek Singh 7 6. I'd like to invent an Inflatable Balloon Suit - Master T. Ramesh Kumar 8 7. What is it that you find wonderful around you? Plants - Master Praveenkumar Singh 9 8. What is it that you find wonderful around you? Air - Master G. Ashish Kumar 10 9. What is it that you find wonderful around you? Electricity - Miss J. Chatanya 10 10. What is it that you find wonderful around you? The Nature and all the objects - Master S. Mehraj Gulzar 11 11. The most exiting Invention of the Century? Computers. - Miss J Aparna 12 12. The most exiting Invention of the Century? Computers. - Master Shaik Mohd Ghouse 12 13. The most exiting Invention of the Century? Cars. - Master T . Sailesh 18 14. Do you think God exists? No. - Master G. Akhil Kumar 19 15. Divine Miracle Exposure Campaign - Narendra Nayak 22 16. Vishvanath Replies to the Criticism of G. M. Jagtiani 26 17. CARAVAN and Hindu Society 27 18. The Fraud of Miracles Cures by Pentecostal Churches - B. Premanand 31 19. A Skotography Scam Exposed - James Randi 32 20. Superstition Claims another Life - Kiran 38 21. Mantrik Backs Down under Rationalist Attack 38
1. Swami Haridayal Kalicharan Mishra in Chain God had Failed - Avinash Sovani 1 2. Astrology: An Investigation - B. Premanand 4 3. Astrology a Superstition - Margaret Bhatty 5 4. Comments on Astrology a Superstition - C. Viswanathan; U. S. Iyer; Mahesh Kapasi; Sangeetha A. Bniman; R. K. Baquaya 11 5. Don't Worry, Be Happy - Kiran 15 6. Astrology is a Pseudoscience - B. Premanand 16 7. Gemini Syndrome Review - Bart J. Bok 20 8. National Level of Similarities between Individual Twins and between Unrelated People - W. Joseph Wyatt; Anne Posey; William Welker; Carla Seamonds 22 9. Lunar Effect Review - George O. Abell 26 10. Get the Habit - Kiran 31 11. Zodiac and Personality - Michel Gauquelin 32
1. Raja Bahadur Mansion Its Ghostly Past - Rafique Bagdadi 1 2. Does the Freedom of Press mean Freedom to publish falsehood? - B. Premanand 2 3. The Fraud of Miracle Cures by the Pentecostal Church 3 4. Report form Karnataka - Narendra Nayak 6 5. Sssnake! - Indian Express 7 6. Ready to Purchase - Narendra Nayak and B. Premanand 7 7. Ghost in a Hotel? - Prakash Seernani 9 8. Moving Spirits - Russell J. Foulds 10 9. Critical Reading, Careful Writing and the Bermuda Triangle - Larry Kusche 16 10. Bermuda Triangle, 1981 Model - Michael R. Dennett 18 11. The Ten Commandments of Bertrand Russell - Brian Carr 32 12. Reply: Does Pyramid Power Work? - Sunita Banerjee 33 13. Stemming the Rot - Margaret Bhatty 37
1. Carbon Dating Religious Myths - Margaret Bhatty 2 2. St. Francis Xavier's Corpse and the Catholic Church - B. Premanand 6 3. The Ghost Light - Narendra Nayak 7 4. Floating Vessel of Kanakapura a Scientific Fact - Kiran 9 5. Surat Astrologers Lose their Own Money - Kiran 10 6. Equality in all Things? - Kiran 10 7. Mystery Hole in Ground - Herald 11 8. Divine Logic! - Kiran 11 9. Why are Courts Afraid of the Tape Recorders and Videos 12 10. Offering to God 12 11. Miracle Making - Kiran 12 12. After Miracle Cure - Courtesy The Hindu 13 13. An Alternative view - Margaret Bhatty 15 14. Our President of India and the Godmen - B. Premanand 27 15. Satya Sai Baba's Education on Moral Values System - B. Premanand 28 16. Mataji Nirmala Devi and her Kundalini Awakening - B. Premanand 32 17. Letters 39
1. The Scientist and The Occult - B. Premanand 2 2. Parapsychology - Gayatri Murti 3 3. Gerard Croiset: Investigation of the Mozart of "Psychic Sleuths" - Piet Hein Hoebens 9 4. Croiset and Professor Tenhaeff: Discrepancies in Claims of Clairvoyance - Piet Hein Hoebens 20 5. Edgar Cayce: The Slipping Prophet - James Randi 29 6. Catching Geller in the Act - C. Eugene Emery, Jr. 35
1. National Council for Science and Technology Fellowship - B. Premanand 1 2. The Nonpsychic Powers of Uri Geller - David Marks and Richard Kammann 2 3. How not to test a Psychic: The Great SRI Mystery - Martin Gardner 11 4. New Evidence in the Uri Geller Matter - James Randi 18 5. Charlatanry - Biranchi Narayan Mishra 23 6. The Land Of Mumbo Jumbo - Kiran 24 7. People Crushed in a Religious Fair 24 8. Racism Claims Another Life 25 9. Supposed Witch Cruelly Killed 25 10. A Critical Analysis of H. Schmidt's Psychokinesis Experiments - C. E. M. Hansel 27 11. Einstein and ESP - Martin Gardner 34 12. Revised Version - Kiran 37 13. Hiccups to Krishna - Kiran 37 14. A Second Einstein ESP Letter - Martin Gardner 38
1. Nostradamus Prophecies are Meaningless - B. Premanand 2 2. Prophecy: The Search for Certainty - Charles J. Cazeau 3 3. Nostradamus: The Prophet for All Seasons - James Randi 13 4. The Modern Revival of Nostradamitis - Piet Hein Hoebens 20 5. Nostradamus' 'California Quake': A Lesson from Orson Welles - Al Seckel 26 6. Further Comments on Schmidt's PK Experiments - Ray Hyman 28 7. Produce Proof for your Claims Dr. Thimmappa! - B. Premanand 35 8. Swallowing Snakes not a Yogic Feat - B. Premanand 38
1. Ram Janma-Bhomi and Babri Masjid Issue - B. Premanand 2 2. Satanic Messages in Rock Music if Played Backward? - Zen Harris 3 3. Backward Masking and Other Backward Thoughts about Music - Tom McIver 5 4. The Barcode Beast - Michael Keith 19 5. Satan in Rock Music - B. Premanand 23 6. The Day of the Possessed - Amicha 25 7. Eyes of Stone - Satadal S. Bhattacharya 32 8. Dargah of Shah Sharafuddin in Amroha and the Scorpions Who Do Not Sting - B. Premanand 33 9. Calling all spirits I - Harry Edwards 34 10. Letter - Tushar J. Swadia 39
1. Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic. What is India? - B. Premanand 2 2. Mrityu-Yatra - K. N. Balgopal 4 3. Is This God? - B. Premanand 6 4. Two Women die as Dome Collapses 8 5. Global Sai Baba Conference 9 6. Letter to Shri R. Venkatraman, President of India - K. N. Balgopal 10 7. Contradictions Between Claims and Practice 12 8. Miracles all Around 21 9. Telepathists Detect at Tea Table - S. Panasenko 24 10. Want to Learn You are Psychic? Come to Eidos - M. Dmitru 26 11. New Skeptics Groups form in the Soviet Union 31 12. Calling all spirits II - Harry Edwards 33 13. Ram Janma-Bhomi and Babri Masjid Controversy 38
1. President of India, Scientific Temper and the Misuse of Government Funds - B. Premanand 1 2. President's Patron - Vishwa Nath 2 3. To Contain Communalism - T. P. Naliyath 5 4. Amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act by the Atheist Society of India 8 5. The Politicians and the Power of Superstitions 12 6. The Anti Superstition Campaign - Dr. N. Innaiah 13 7. The Deprogramming by the Church in Europe 16 8. Paranormal Pandemonium in the Soviet Union - Paul Kurtz 19 9. Sub-continental Skepticism - Harry Edwards 27 10. Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samithi, Maharashtra Report 33 11. Do You Need and Astrologer to Predict these? B. V. Raman's Predictions for 1991 - B. Premanand 36
1. 1990 a Year of Fanatism and Unscientific Approach - B. Premanand 2 2. Tamil Pandits Say It's all in the Stars - Rita Manchanda 15 3. The Governors Go the Way of The President: "More Things are Wrought by Prayer" - Courtesy The Hindu 15 4. Farmers Turn to Rain God 16 5. Scientists Only Hope of Country 17 6. Exposing the Exorcist - Vikram S. Mandape 18 7. Official Recognition to Astrology 19 8. No Importance to Astrology 21 9. In Search of Haunted Houses and Ghosts - T. P. Nhaliath 23 10. Burning Bodies: A Crime - T. P. Nhaliyath 24 11. Testing Psi Claims in China. Visit by a CSICOP Delegation - Paul Kurtz 25 12. Preliminary Testing - James Alcock, Kendrick Frazier, Barry Karr.; Philip J. Klass, Paul Kurtz and James Randi 28 13. Sri. G. D. Naidu 40
1. Don Quixote: My Hero of the childhood - B. Premanand 2 2. Saraswathi Gora: The Light of Atheist Centre - Mrs. Sunanda Shet 4 3. Think with a Smile - Kiran 17 4. Dowsing - Water Divining Using Sticks - Narendra Nayak 18 5. Think with a Smile - Kiran 19 6. Bhagwan or the Dilemma of a Human Religion. A Psychoanalytic Study - Fritz Erik Hoevels 20 7. Think with a Smile - Kiran 33 8. The Sly Gods - Chandana Chakrabarti 34
1. Foretelling it Like it Isn't - Rahul Singh 2 2. Nostradamus and the Middle East Crisis - Allan Lang 4 3. Small Little Things which Bring Change - Kiran 11 4. Life and Thoughts of Dr. Bheemrao Ramji Ambedkar 12 5. Small Little Things which Bring Change - Kiran 35 6. Claims of Levitation 'Miracles' in India - B. Premanand 37 7. Think with a Smile - Kiran 39
1. Three Years of Indian Skeptic - B. Premanand 1 2. The Law Makers breaking the Laws 4 3. Small Little Things which Bring Change - Kiran 5 4. Writ Petition - A. P. Mukundan 6 5. Science Versus Miracles - B. Premanand 17 6. Bhagwan or the Dilemma of a Human Religion. Part III A Psychoanalytic Study - Fritz Erik Hoevels 20
1. An Atheist - Kabir Prabhu 2 2. The Science called Vastu Shastra - B. Premanand 3 3. Challenge to All Astrologers - Narendra Nayak 4 4. Science Versus Miracles : Part II - B. Premanand 9 5. Astrology and The Hoax Of Scientific Temper 15 6. Bhagwan or the Dilemma of a Human Religion. Part IV A Psychoanalytic Study - Fritz Erik Hoevels 16 7. Kripalu Maharaj - Umesh Chouby 27 8. Chief Minister's Temple Renovation an Maintenance Fund 32 9. Vastu Shastra 35
1. Letter by Dr. M. S. Thimmappa and Reply by B. Premanand 2 2. Using Those Tangled Webs in Science (the Hoaxes, Pranksters, Diddles, and Cheats) in Teaching our scientific methods - A. G. Wheeler 3 3. Walking on Red Hot Coals Does not Prove Anyone's Chastity - B. Premanand 21 4. Bhagwan or the Dilemma of a Human Religion. Part V A Psychoanalytic Study - Fritz Erik Hoevels 28 5. Remembering Jack Conroy - Fred Whitehead 33
1. K. J. Kurian, the Founder of Buddhi Pramanyawadi Munch: Dead - B. Premanand 2 2. The Care and Feeding of Psychics - Yves Barbero 3 3. Bay Magicians Back Uri Geller's Critic - Charles Petit 8 4. Late Breaking News - Robert A Steiner 13 5. Open Letter - James Randi 14 6. Open Letter - Uri Geller 15 7. Response to Geller - James Randi 17 8. CSICOP Responds 18 9. Why don't you Take up the Challenge? - Bansidhar Das 19 10. "The Callenge" not a Hoax - Bansidhar Das 19 11. Science Versus Miracles : Part IV - B. Premanand 26 12. Bhagwan or the Dilemma of a Human Religion. Part VI A Psychoanalytic Study - Fritz Erik Hoevels. 29 13. Ram Krishna Tripathi Alias Kripalu Maharaj 37 14. Indian Television: from Religious Fundamentalism to Scientific Temper! A Good Move - Margaret Bhatty 38
1. Uri Geller, the Liar, the Crook and the Fraud - B. Premanand 2 2. Glowing and Baffles all - Banwarilal Purohit 3 3. Emblem "Mystery" Persists - Rationalists Blocked 5 4. Power Failure Sheds "Light" on Glow" 7 5. Report from Karnataka - Narendra Nayak 8 6. The Challenge Hoax 9 7. Dr. Padmakar Vishnu Vartak goes to Mars and Jupiter - T. B. Khilare 11 8. Science versus Miracles Part V - B. Premanand 20 9. Bhagwan or the Dilemma of a Human Religion. Part VII A Psychoanalytic Study - Fritz Erik Hoevels 29 10. The Fraud Perpetuated by Times of India on the People 30
1. Naked Philosophers - Margaret Bhatty 3 2. Astrology Course in Telugu University Removed - Dr. N. Innaiah 11 3. Questions by an Activist as to How to Convince people about the frauds of Miracle - Shivu Patil 12 4. Reply - B. Premanand 13 5. Jagadguru Kripalu Maharhj's Bail Cancelled - Harish Deshmukh 16 6. Gods are out of Government Buildings - Dr. Rajiv Joshi 19 7. S. Balakumar wants me to join the Sahaja Yoga 20 8. Easy Treatment for Cholera: New Age Treatment 21 9. Bhagwan or the Dilemma of a Human Religion Part VIII (End) - F. E. Hoevels 22 10. Book Review - Science versus Religion 36 11. Science Versus Miracles Part VI - B. Premanand 37
1. Contents and Editor's page 2 2. Satya Sai Baba a Fraud and a Cheat - Narendra Nayak 3 3. Praise the Lord - Sunday 22-28 September 1991 6 4. You and I and Your Beliefs: a Journey in search of Vacuum - P. K. Narayanan 18 5. Science Versus Miracles Part VII B. Premanand 23 6. He Cures People by Looking at Them 28 7. Changing Stars for Fortune Tellers? Bansidhar Das 30 8. Changing Stars for Fortune Tellers! Times of India 32 9. How the Holy Man Conjures up his Cash Daily Telegraph, London 34 10. Book Review: The Supernatural, The Occult and the Bible by Gerald A. Larue 35 11. Letter to the Editor 36
1. Contents and Editor's Page: Start Critical Thinking 2 2. Retain G. D. Naidu`s name in Tamilnadu Agricultural University R. Kasturi 3 3. Astral Travel - Harry Edwards 6 4. All India Children Science Festival 1991 9 5. Bravo Narasimha Rao - B. Premanand 11 6. The Astrologers who failed in the Challenge A. H. Vakani 13 7. Book Review: "Tradition, Science and Society" 15 8. Dr. Ambedkar Birth Centenary Year 18 9. Pilgrim Virgin Statue for Mt. Carmel 18 10. How Myths are Manufactured - Margaret Bhatty 18 11. A Journey in Search of Vacuum - P. K. Narayanan 24 12. Science Versus Miracles - B. Premanand 27 13. Letters to the Editor 32
1. Contents and Editor's page 2 2. Challenge to Clairvoyants - N. Nayak 3 3. Belief in Astrology Leads to Suicide: N. Nayak 4 4. Science Versus Miracles - B. Premanand 6 5. Journey in search on Vacuum: P. K. Narayanan 10 6. Behind the Supernatural: N. Swain 16 7. Kalinga Prize 1991 to Dr. Narender K. Sehgal 21 8. Siva Gangai Swamigal: A Real Miracle Man - P. N. Anandan 22 9. Challenge to P.N. Anandan - N. Nayak 23 10. Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha: 1992. - G. N. Padki 24 11. Preparing for Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha 1992 - NCSTC Communication 26 12. Guruji of Gurgaon Dead - Jansatta 34 13. Book Review: Wonder Workers! Author Joe Nickell. 33 14. Letters to the Editor 35 15. Life Members of Indian Skeptic 37
1. A Special Issue on the Late G. D. Naidu 1
1. Contents and Editors Page 2 2. In Search of Wife in Past Life - Blitz 3 3. Letter to Editor - Blitz 3 4. May Reason Triumph! - Y. J. Mahabal 6 5. What is the use of Acts and Laws if the Government can not enforce them? - B. Premanand, K. T. Balan explains 10 6. Perennial Vibhuti from a Wooden Pot? - Prakash Bellare 13 7. Does L. M. Dargar cure People by looking at them?- Sajit explains 14 8. Life after Death - Suraj Bhan Singh enquires 17 9. Atheist Society of India: its Objects and Works 20 10. Music Therapy of Ganapathy Sachidanananda Swami - S. Srinivas Natekar enquires 23 11. Science versus Miracles - B. Premanand 26 12. Planetarium at Puttaparthi - P. G. Panikker 29 13. How Did Satya Sai Baba Earn So Much? - Anil Kumar S. 30 14. Gods in the Nationalised Bank - S. R. Abdul Rahim 31 15. Some Irrational Thought - Ramanath Udupa 32 16. In Defence of Rationalism - Narendra Nayak 34 17. A Jouney in Search of Vacuum: Chapter V - P. K. Narayanan 35
1. Contents and Editor's Page "Are all INDIANS Hindus?" 2 2. Astrologers fail: Inspite of the suspicious time fixed for their International Conference at Cuttack - B. K. Pal 3 3. Do the BJP, RSS, VHP and other fundamentalists consider Muslims or Christians as Hindus? - Sajit 4 4. This Yatra is not communal - Murli Manohar Joshi 7 5. Science Versus Miracles: Part XII - B. Premanand 9 6. A Journey in Search of Vacuum Chapter VI - P. K. Narayanan 11 7. Is Hypnotism a Science? Question - Vivek Kashikar 19 8. Book Review: Demystifying Hypnosis - Lewis Jones 20 9. Book Review: "What Hypnosis is and what it isn't" - Lewis Jones 27 10. 1992 - Storm before Calm - G. S. Hiranyappa 30 11. Excerpts from the Final Prophecies of Nostradamus - Erica Cheetham 34 12. Nostradamus Prophecies have no Meaning - B. Premanand 38
1. Contents and Editor's Page: Putrakamesti Yaga: to Exploit the Childless Couples Based on Legendary Hearsay b- B. Premanand 2 2. Lucid Dreaming: Awake in your sleep - Susan Blackmore 3 3. Book Review: Gods, Ghosts, Witch-craft and the Mind - Margaret Bhatty 13 4. A Journey in Search of Vacuum Chapter VIII Concluding Part - P. K. Narayanan 16 5. When What We Need is Family Planing: The Kerala Government Sponsors PUTRA KAMESTI YAJNA - Sajit 27 6. Notice to Home Secretary, State of Kerala - K. N. Balgopal 28 7. The Fire-Eating Baba - Kiran 30 8. Science Versus Miracles Part XIII - B. Premanand 31 9. From Australia without name and Address 39
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. The Jolly Box - Margaret Bhatty 3 3. Order Investigation on Fire Walking Stunt - Bansidhar Das 8 4. When Spiritualism Dabbles with Science Y.J. Mahabal 10 5. Can A Person Survive Without Food? No! Question - Ved Priya 14 6. Life After Death - Through Hypnotic Regression Whether True Question - Sri Gurukrishna 16 7. Life After Death and Astral Projection through Hypnoses Question - D. Aditya 17 8. Past Tongue Remembered? - Sarah G. Thomason 18 9. Hypnosis and Reincarnation: A critique and Case Study - J. Venn 28 10. Science, Non-Science and the Paranormal: Book Review - Margaret Bhatty 34 11. Science Versus Miracles: Part IX - B. Premanand 37
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. The kingdom of Nowhere - Margaret Bhatty 3 3. SUNDAY Weekly's Miracle Fraud on the gullible Reader - Ganbigyan Sangastha, West Bengal 9 4. Poltergeist Phenomena - Bansidhar Das 11 5. Poltergeist Phenomena in Lady Teacher's House - Siddharth Radheshyam 12 6. Concept of Life, Body and Mind - D. M. Alsi 13 7. A Plea for Secularisation of the State: An Atheist Files Writ in A. P. High Court 19 8. The Affidavit in the Writ 20 9. Counter Affidavit by the Government 23 10. Law Enforcement Officer Chandra Bhanu Satpathy in Medical Fraud, now an Ass-trologer - Narendra Nayak 28 11. Science Versus Miracles Part X - B. Premanand 29 12. Shakuntala Devi: her Computer Brain and Predictions - Pradip Kumar Varma 32 13. Satya Sai Baba's Photographic Trick in the Planetarium - Anil Kumar 34 14. Ranalkar Maharaji: The Modern Krishnavatar's Rasakrida - Trns. Prakash Bellare 34 15. Letters to the Editor - Max McLaughlin, Ved Priya, Narendra Nayak, G. D. Padki 38 16. For Workshop Explaining Miracles Contact Kiran 39
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Manhandling of G.N. Padki - A Skeptic 3 3. "The Discovery of Secular India" by R. Joshi. Book review - Margaret Bhatty 6 4. The Millionaire Industrialists and the Chain Letter - B. Premanand 9 5. Paramahansa Yogananda's Scientifically Attested Miracles - Leonard Angel 17 6. James Randi Thanks 35 7. Science Versus Miracles: Part XVI - B. Premanand 37
1. Contents and Editor's Page: Defiling our Constitution 2 2. Assam Governor and Scientific Temper - Awani Kumar 3 3. Interview with B. Premanand - 2001 Vithal C Nadkarni 4 4. Feedback on the Interview 16 5. Maharashtra Governor Appeals to Pray for rain 18 6. 11 killed in PANDHARPUR STAMPADE 21 7. Mental Disorder by Dr. C. R. Chandrashekar: Book Review - Margaret Bhatty 22 8. Past-Life Hypnotic Regression: a Critical View 24 9. The Magic of Mantras - Courtesy Sunday 32 10. Science Versus Miracles: Part XII- B. Premanand 34 11. S. V. Parmar: the Psychic Who Could not Cure Himself 37 12. Letters to the Editor 39
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. 2001 Interview on Yoga and the Rebuttal by Yogis 3 3. Assam governor and Scientific Temper Follow-up 24 4. Our President and His Beliefs 26 5. Exposure of Mrs. Baby Rathod's Paranormal Claims - Harish Deshmukh and A. K. Sovany 32 6. Lawsuit against James Randi and CSICOP Dismissed! 36 7. 2nd Italian Skeptic Conference and 4th Euroskeptic Conference 37
1. Contents and Editor' page: The President and the God man and now PRIME MINISTER 2 2. Yoga and Bhoga: Part III and explanation: - Meenakshi Devi Bhavanani 3 3. Science Versus Miracles: Part XIII - B. Premanand 32
1. Sai Baba Calls The Shot - Current 2 2. Out of the Mouth of Hanuman - Prashant Kumar 5 3. The Judiciary, Indian Constitution and Secularism - Awani Kumar 8 4. Science Versus Miracles:: Part XIV - B. Premanand 10 5. God (con) Men Ruling our Country - S. Anilkumar 14 6. If Homeopathy is Unscientific in U. S. A. Can it be Scientific in India? - Dr. N. Innaiah 21 7. Muslim Woman and Communal Disturbances - A. H. Vakani 25 8. Geography and the Soul: Part I - Margaret Bhatty and B. Premanand 27 9. Sai Baba`s Miracles an Overview: Part II - Dale Beyerstein 35 10. Contents 39
1. Contents and Editor's page 2 2. Sai Baba's Miracles an Overview: Part III - Dale Beyerstein 3 3. Geography and the Soul: Part II - Margaret Bhatty and B. Premanand 8 4. Hindu Science is Hindu and Mainstream Science is Western, Never the Twain Shall Meet - Dr. Kunal Ghosh 15 5. Politics and Darwin's Theory - Sajit 24 6. Science Versus Miracles: Part XV - B. Premanand 25 7. Another Stooge of S. S. Baba in the Offspring - Prakash Bellare 29 8. School Girl Displays Divine Powers - Indian Express of 24.9.1992 30 9. Followup: Yoga and Boga - B. Kumar 31 10. None With More Than 2 Children Will Be Allowed to Contest Panchayat Election in Rajasthan - Sajit 32 11. Shekhawat's Baby - The Week 13.9.1992 32 12. Putrakameshti Yaga Fraud Out! - Sajit 33 13. Total Victory in Putrakameshti, Claim Organisers - Indian Express 10.10.1992 34 14. BJVJ 1992 and Explaining Miracles 36 15. Workshop Explaining Miracles in Orissa - Siddharth Radheshyam 37 16. 1993 Euroskeptic Conference - Call for Papers 39
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. God or Fraud? - Sunday Weekly 3 3. Police Rescue "Miracle Crusader" Indian Express 4 4. Promise of Miracle Cure Fails - Hindu 4 5. A Miracle of Publicity - M. Bose 5 6. Trouble Makers - Jamgas 5 7. Not Magic - Barin De 6 8. Inherent Aspect - Dev Sarkar 6 9. Girl scarified in M. P. Town - Hindu 6 10. Revolver Found in Chandraswamy's Baggage - Hindu 7 11. DD Tape Unveils Baba Magic - Deccan Chronicle 7 12. Godmen from other Countries to Exploit Indians - Sajit 8 13. Geography of the Soul - Part III - Margaret Bhatty and B. Premanand 9 14. Sai Baba's Miracles - An Overview: Part III - Dale Beyerstein 20 15. You too Mr. President and Prime Minister? - N. Innaiah 26 16. Letters to the Editor 29 17. Science Versus Miracles: Part XVI - B. Premanand 31 18. Two Beaten to Death for Alleged Necromancy - Hitavada 36 19. Veterinarian turns Ghostbuster - Dr. Harish Prabhakar (Courtest: Pashudan) 37 20. Why the Police is silent over the Poltergeist Phenomena - Siddharth Radheshyam 39
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. R.S.S. - The need of the day: Y.J. Mahabal 3 3. Sai Baba`s Miracles: An Overview: Part VI - Dale Beyerstein 8 4. Pilot Baba`s Jal Samadhi - B. Premanand 14 5. Woman Murdered to Ward of Sickness - Malika B. Mistry 19 6. Battered to Death by a Witch Doctor - IE 20 7. Star Struck - Awani Kumar 22 8. Science Versus Miracles: Part XVII - B. Premanand 26 9. Letters to the Editor 28 10. Social Progress and Woman in India - Dr. Sunanda Shet 29 11. Talking Stone, Patwardhan and the Bureau of Mines - Harish Deshmukh 37
1. A Secular Humanist Declaration 3 2. Sai Baba's Miracles: An Overview - Dale Beyerstein 13 3. The Rent of Sai Baba's Marriage Hall - N. Vikram 17 4. Doordarshan and the Occult - Margaret Bhatty 18 5. Godmen Exposed - K. Sreedhar Rao (Hitavada) 18 6. Indian Prime Minister Secularism - Narendra Nayak 19 7. Is this Secularism? - Narendra Nayak 20 8. DD Tape Unveils Baba "Magic" - Venu K. Kodimela 22 9. DD Director Scuttles Issue - Deccan Chronicle 23 10. BJP Ask Baba to Clarify - Deccan Chronicle 25 11. Sugar Coated Poison Capsule - Biranchi Narayana Mishra 26 12. TV Censors 'Save' Sai Baba 27 13. Centre Working on New Education System - Indian Express 28 14. Science Versus Miracles: Part XVIII - B. Premanand 29 15. Introducing Activists Forum - Vignan Manch Navasari 33 16. Jalli Devara and not Naxals Who Spread Terror - Biranchi Narayan Mishra 34 17. Jalli Devara, not Naxals Who Spread Terror - J. S. Ifthekhar 35 18. Battle at Sai Baba Temple - Biranchi Narayan Mishra 37 19. Pathological Problem - D. Samuel Lawrence and V. Srinivasan 42 20. Kar sevaks are Avatars of Hanuman 42
1. Contents and Editors Page 2 2. The Affirmations of Humanism: A Statement of Principles and Values 3 3. Sai Baba's Miracles: An Overview: Part VI - Dale Beyerstein 4 4. Glossolalia - Martin Gardner 10 5. The Self-proclaimed All-knower God's Blunder - Sajit 15 6. The Godman Slippeth - The Illustrated Weekly of India Dec. 12-13, 1992 16 7. Sai Baba "Magic" Vanishes into Thin Air - K. S. Rao, Sunday Mail, 29th Nov. 5th Dec. 1992 17 8. Science versus Miracles Part XIX - B. Premanand 19 9. Mysteries of Tantrik's Sex Cave - Mid-day 25 10. Mayur Vihar Tantrik held - Mid-day, 17.10.92 27 11. Vatican Surrenders to Science - Chitra Subramaniam, Indian Express 4.11.1992 28 12. Child Sacrificed in Hope of Quick Money - B. Narayan Mishra Indian Express 29 13. Darkness and Light - Ask Your Questions: 32
1. Contents and Editor's page 2 2. Our Scientists - Patanjali: D. M. Salwi 3 3. New Year: Not to Rejoice, But to Self Criticise - R. Gera 5 4. Philosophy of Life: Education in Finland a Popular Alternative to Religion in School Education - Pekka Elo and Lasse Siren 6 5. Sai Baba's Miracles An Overview : Part VII - Dale Beyerstein 15 6. Science Versus Miracles: Part XX - B. Premanand 19 7. Photographing Invisible Souls: B. Das 23 8. Namaz on Fire: Balakrishna Parkala 26 9. Ernestine Louise Polowsky Rose 28 10. Torturing the Beholder: Jamal N. Hussein 29 11. Your Hindus Won't Let my Hindus Live in Peace - Prashant Kumar 33 12. Darkness and Light: Ask Your Questions 36 13. Letters to the Editor 39
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Reality Does Not Have to Be Intuitive - Gerald E. Huber 3 3. Report from Kerala - P. G. Panikker 8 4. Sleight of Tongue - Ronald A. Schwartz 10 5. Sai Baba`s Miracles An Overview Part VIII Dale Beyerstein 19 6. Science Versus Miracles : Part XXI - B. Premanand 26 7. Open Challenge to Satya Sai Baba - Abdul H. Vakani 29 8. R. Kasturi: a Profile - Dr. (Mrs) Sunanda 30 9. Mar Seva - K.N. Balgopal 37 10. Darkness and Light - Ask Your Questions 39 11. The Scribbling of an Astrologer Cum Engineer 40 12. Letters to the Editor 43
1. Contents and Editor's page 2 2. Rama: An Ideal King, God or Valmiki`s Imagination? - M. Kumaran 3 3. Report from Karnataka - Narendra Nayak 6 4. Card Reading: An Evidence of ESP? - Narendra Nayak 6 5. The Great Gambler - Indian Express 9 6. Sai Baba's Miracles An Overview: Part IX Dale Beyerstein 10 7. A Strategy for fighting Communalism and Fundamentalism - Dr. Ramendra 16 8. Fabled Herb 19 9. Indian Bureau of Mines Replies - Talking Stone 20 10. A Godman who helps himself - P. Mohanty 21 11. HOMAN to be performed outside RBI 23 12. Science Versus Miracles: Part XXI - B. Premanand 25 13. Rajkristo Award for Astrology - Dr. Rajiv Joshi 28 14. Looking at the History of Indo-Aryans - Dr. R. Kocchhar 30
1. The Sai Mafia - B. Premanand 2 2. Arrest Sai Baba and Interrogate - Dr. N. Innaiah 5 3. Santa Claus in India - Piet Vroon 9 4. Science Versus Miracles: Part XXII - B. Premanand 17 5. Vaastu in Telugu University Opposed 20 6. Excerpt from "Betrayers of the Truth" 21 7. Hushed up Murders in Sai Baba's Ashram Prior to 6-6-1993 - B. Premanand 25 8. Nectar, Rice, Flowers and Holy Ash from Baba's Photographs Exposed - Vikram 42
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Baba Was Not The Spot - Indian Express 2.8.1993 5 3. As I See It - Minoo Masani 6 4. Who is Lying About Six Murders in Sai Baba`s Apartment? - B. Premanand 6 5. Science Versus Miracles: Part XXIII - B. Premanand 11 6. Letter from M. C. Bhandari dated. 26.6.1993 12 7. Scientific Rationale of Astrology and Its Utility for Human Welfare - M.C. Bhandari 13 8. Bible: The Only Inspired Book - Umesh Patri 31 9. Propitiating Rain God: Notice to Andhra Pradesh Endowment Minister - K. N. Balgopal 34 10. Cajoling the Clouds - India Today 15.8.1993 37 11. Darkness and Light: Ask Your Questions 37 12. Letters to the Editor 38
1. Editor's page 2 2. A Plague Upon You - Dr. Gordon Stein 3 3. Science Versus Miracles: Part XXIV - B. Premanand 4 4. Fraud of Scientific Journalism - Dilip M. Salwi 7 5. Science in Yoga - Dilip M. Salwi 9 6. Yogi Dies in Sealed Pit - Ved Priya 24 7. Science Day in Navasari 25 8. Follow-up on: Your Hindu's Won't Let my Hindus Live in Peace - Dr. H. C. Sekhar 26 9. Stress on Astrology in Medicine Urged -Indian Express 30 10. 6 Murders in Puttaparthi: The FIR and Later Contradictions 31 11. Darkness and Light: Ask your Questions 37
1. Editor's page 2 2. Follow-up Vedic Rituals in Andhra Pradesh for Rains - Syed Shahabuddin M. P. 5 3. Science Versus Miracles: Part XXV - B. Premanand 6 4. Controversy: Backwards into the Twenty-first Century? - Margaret Bhatty 10 5. Writ Petition for Impartial Enquiry into the 6 Murders in Satya Sai Baba`s Bed Room and other Murky Happenings 15 6. MIRACLE QUIZ: A new Column 30 7. Darkness and Light: Ask Your Questions: and Letters to the Editor 32
1. Astro(il)logical - Rahul Singh 3 2. I'm Disappointed with Baba says Erlendur Haraldsson - Susheel Rao 5 3. Morbid Science and the Media - Margaret Bhatty 7 4. And Geller Never Saw it Coming 13 5. James Randi / Uri Geller Update - James Randi 15 6. Science Versus Miracles Conclusion - B. Premanand 16 7. Controversy: Science Award for Astrology: A Criticism - P. K. Narayanan 20 8. Battle over Hypnosis in the Star - Henry Gordon 22 9. Hypnosis: A Valid, Useful, Clinical Tool - A. D. Banack 24 10. Memory Recall Inaccurate - Henry Gordon 25 11. Where is Jawaharlal Nehru Now and his Thoughts? 27 12. Central Electrochemical Research Institute Karaikudi 623006 Tamilnadu 28 13. Birthday Anniversary of Michael Faraday 32 14. Sai Baba's Connections1 - Hugh Emil de Cruz, Spain 33 15. Andhra Government: an Accomplice to Baba's Fraud 34 16. Remove the Article "Man of Miracles" from the Book or Produce Proof - B. Premanand 35 17. Miracle Quiz No. 2 38 18. Nature's Proof of Islam's Truth 40 19. Answer to Miracle Quiz No. 1 40
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. The Time Factor in Astrological Prediction P. K. Narayanan 5 3. Hypnosis: The False Memory Syndrome - M. Gardener 10 4. Science and Scientific Outlook - R. K. Metha 18 5. Resolution to Withdraw the Award to M. C. Bhandari - ISCA 19 6. Scientific Veracity of Astrology - Dr. M. Srichandan 20 7. MIRACLE QUIZ 3: Black or White? 23 8. Rabies: Common Questions and Answers: - Dr. H. Singh and Dr. R. Bhatia 24 9. Bank's Special Favour to Satya Sai Baba 36 10. The Sai Baba Trusts 2 - B. Premanand 36 11. the Search for Dr. P. Tewari - No. B. Premanand 38 12. Letters to the Editor 42
1. Contents 1 2. Editor's Page 2 3. QUIZ No. 1: Answer 2 4. Quacks Go Bust - Sunday Weekly 3 5. Mantra Cure for Rabies - The Tribune 29.12.1993 4 6. Rabies Part 2 - Harminder Singh and Rajesh Bhatia 5 7. A Review of M.C. Bhandari's Raj Kristo Memorial Lecture - Devi Prasad Sahoo 26 8. God Has Confused Us - Umesh Patri 39 9. Miracle Quiz: 4 43
1. Contents and Editors Page 2 2. Cooked-up First Information Report - B. Premanand 5 3. Patanjali Yoga and Siddhis: Who can explain this? - Y. J. Mahabal 8 4. Do the Stars Influence Human Life? - M. S. Risbud 9 5. Will Justice be Done? - Anil Kumar S. 18 6. Police to Protect Sai Baba - The Police Report 19 7. Chavan Arrives at Prashanti Nilayam - The Hindu, 6.2.94 24 8. Satya Sai Trust, a Press Release - Justice P. N. Bhagawati 25 9. Is Anthroposophy Science? - Sven Ove Hanson 27 10. Exemption of Tax on Sale to Sri Satya Sai Trust G.O.1150 dated 19.11.1992 38 11. MIRACLE QUIZ 2: Answers - Sajit and Lalit G. Solanki 39 12. Psychic Photography, A "How to"-. James Conrad 41 13. Ashwamed Yagna Claimed a Success - TOI, 10.1.1994 44 14. Bans Can Backfire - Govind N. Deodhekar 45
1. Writ Petition Dismissed - B. Premanand 2 2. From Spiritual Sadhana to Maharishi Ayurveda: Transcendental Meditation Evolves 5 4. The Couples who Delivered Get Gold Chain - Sajit 21 5. God Amuses God - Sthitaprajna 23 6. India and Superstitions - T. K. Balan 24 7. The Twenty Year Sequence - Margaret Bhatty 29 8. Homeopathy: Too Much Ado About Nothing - Stephen Barrett 32 9. Supreme Court of India Records of Proceedings 37 10. Letters 42
1. Editor's Page 2 2. Express Scribe Beaten Indian Express 1.3.1994 3 3. Journalists Assaulted: free-for-all Astrological Meet in Calcutta - Indian Express 1.3.1994 4 4. Dim Wits Conference - K. Singh 4 5. The Judgement dated 15.3.1994 in Cr.W.P.No. 14454/93 6 6. Argument for Petitioner on 28.9.1993 17 7. Argument for Petitioner on 23.2.1994 18 8. Argument for Respondents on 1.3.1994 31 9. Reply to the Respondents Arguments on 4.3.1994 32 10. Press release on Dismissal 35 11. Judges Rush to Puttaparthi Eenadu dated. 19.1.94 Anantaur Ed 38 12. What Shall be Done? - Asit Kr. Mukherjee 39 13. Can Prayer Cure Rabies? - N. Vikram 40 14. Can Hiccups be Cured by Holy Water? - Brijeshwar Singh 42 15. Bhoomi Pujan at Indira Gandhi National Open University - Dada Chandane 43 16. Music Therapy for Curing Diseases - N. Nayak 45 17. Endowment for Annual Awards for Spreading Rationalism 46 18. Committed Suicide to experience Rebirth and Visit Heaven - Dhananjay Aditya 46 19. Assault by Astrologers - B. Das 47
1. Editor's Page 2 2. The Secret of Liquefying Blood - Margaret Bhatty 6 3. A Miracle Diagnosis: Luigi Garlaschelli, Franco Ramaccini and Sergio Della Sala 11 4. Comments on Judgement in Cr. W. P. No. 14454/93 - B. Premanand 17 5. Sai Baba's Galore - Vijay S. Trivedi 33 6. The Miracle Healing of Rev. Mike Francen challenged - Harish Deshmukh 36 7. Malayath Harassed by Insurance Company for Working for National Integration 36 8. Why Do My Parents Believe Satya Sai Baba - Miss H. Navatha 37 9. Kailas Baba Sentenced: Judgement 39 10. Letters to Editor 44
1. Rude violation of a Writer's Freedom - K. Venkata Reddy 2 2. God's Wealth Belongs to his Children - K. N. Balgopal 7 3. Book Review: Beyond Ying and Yang 12 4. Patanjali Yoga - Awani Kumar 15 5. Controlled Experiments and Critical Observations - Adhyatma Saroj 16 6. Scientific Investigation on Yogis - Dr. G. S. Chhina 17 7. EEG of a Nadi Yogi - Nitya Chaitanya Yati 25 8. Ashwamedh Circus - Margaret Bhatty 28 9. Smoke Signals - Times of India Editorial 30 10. Agnihotra - B. V. Radhakrishna Murthy 31 11. Plant Rights - Biranchi Narayan Mishra 37 12. Reported Child Sacrifice: Tip of Iceberg - K. Rajbir Deswal 39 13. Now a Thanksgiving Yagna by P. M's Son - Indian Express 40 14. Life Member List 41 15. Kirloskar Was a Rationalist - Vidyadhar Date 43 16. Rationalist and Visionary - Times of India Editorial 44 17. Man-handling of Rationalists Which the Astrologers Did Not Predict - Biranchi Narayan Mishra 45 18. Unification of Atheists, Rationalists, Humanists, Secularists Environmentalists etc., - T. P. Nhaliyath 46 19. Letters to the Editor 47
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Miracles or Mania? - Joe Nickell 5 3. The Writ Appeal 8 4. Petitions by the Sri Sathya Sai Institute or Higher Learning Staff Association 12 5. Petitions to Government for Record Copies of Sai Baba Case 17 6. Why I Am Not A Hindu by Dr. Ramendra Book Review - Margaret Bhatty 33 7. Working for a Humanist World 36 8. Faith in Resurrection - B. N. Mishra 40 9. Keeps Dead Sister for 12 Days - Indian Express 12.3.1994 40 10. Our Health Minister and Quackery - Majoe 41 11. Free Health for All? Miracles of Water Therapy 41 12. These Notorious Godmen - B. Das 43 13. Sex, Murder Scandals Surround Assam Godman's Ashram - Samudra Gupta Kashyap 44 14. Save Tasleema Nasreen - Atheist Society of India 45 15. Thane Godman Held for Theft - E. J. Ferandez 46 16. Pope's Confession: Cartoon - T. P. Kunhiraman 47
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Secularism Indian Experience - S. Shet 7 3. Join the Indian Secular Society 17 4. Acupuncture: The Facts - Dr. S. Basser 18 5. Superstitions and; Our Godmen - T. K. Balan 28 6. Godman's Ashram Set Afire: Times of India 5.7.1994 28 7. Remand for Swami: Times of India 22.6.94 29 8. Scandals of 'Superstar' Thai Monks: (AP) 30 9. Girl Exorcises to Death 31 10. Raped over 100 Young Girls Confesses Swami - Keshavananda: Dhananjay Aditya 31 11. Ceremonies in India - G.R.R. Babu 33 12. Observation: Mind Plays Tricks - Laxmidhar Pradhani 38 13. Can Anyone Levitate? - Gordon Stein 41 14. The Poltergeist: An Investigation - N. Nayak 44 15. Letters to the Editor: 45
1. Contents and Editor's page 2 2. The Truths of Edamarukus 2 - B. Premanand 3 3. Humanist World Fights Religious Death Threats - IHEU 7 4. Ceremonies in India Part II - G. R. R. Babu 9 5. "Sai Baba's Miracles an Overview" by Dale Beyerstein Book Review - Margaret Bhatty 24 6. Mathematical Magic for Skeptics - Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer 27 7. Murder Most Foul! - Margaret Bhatty 39 8. Hidden Memories: Fact or Fantasy? Barry L. Beyerstein and James and R. P. Ogloff 40 9. Letters to the Editor 46
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Atlanta's House of Blood - R. Long 7 3. Woman in Society - Dr. S. Shet 10 4. "Spirit Writing" Photographs: Exposed! - Anson Kennedy 19 5. World With or Without End? - Andrea Szalanski 23 6. Advent of Another God in South - M. B. Deshmukh 24 7. Israel Skeptics Active 26 8. Murders in Sai Baba's Bed Room: All Because of a Woman? - Dr. M. Srichandan 28 9. Girl Behind Puttaparthi Incident? - The Hindu dated. 23.1.94 28 10. Remembering Past Birth Exposed - Rationalist Society Punjab 29 11. News from Anantapur: Andhra Pradesh - B. V. Radhakrishna Murthy 31 12. Ashvamedha Yajna` Sparks off Controversy in Gujarat - Indian Express 20.8.1994 by A.K. Mukherjee 32 13. Aswamedha Yagna Put Off - Indian Express 28.9.94 33 14. Rush for Asthma Medicine - Times of India 9.8.94 33 15. "Living Without Religion: Eupraxophy" by Paul Kurtz: Book Review 34 16. The Pseudoscience of the "Water Cure" - R. Dear 35 17. Introducing Indian Skeptic Groups - D. K. Rationalist Association 38 18. Letters to the Editor 39
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Predictions for the Assembly Elections - Narendra Nayak 4 3. Need for Knowledgeable Citizens - Dr. P. M. Bhargava 5 4. More than Meets the Scientific Eye - Margaret Bhatty 7 5. Superstition and Wasteful Expenditure - K. S. Ramachandran 11 6. GAIA - An Overview - Tim Beardsley 12 7. Signs In the Sky - Dr. J.V. Narlikar 15 8. A Challenge to Astrologers - Narendra Nayak 17 9. The Mysteries of the Sky - Amit Joshie 18 10. WHO PAID FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT IN THE HINDU? 24 11. Umesh Choubey Honoured - Harish Adyalkar 27 12. Protect the Constitution and the Law - B. Premanand 28 13. Does Agnihotra Help? - Dada Chandane 41 14. The Need to Unify all Rationalist Organisations 46
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Nation Can Progress only by Devotion - P. V. Narasimha Rao 2 3. Challenge to the Governor of Assam: Allow us to Verify your Claims of Cure by Mantra Power - S. Radheshyam 5 4. Prometheus Books Publishers of Skeptic Books 6 5. The Strange Case of the New Haven Oysters - Paul Quincey 7 6. More on the Godmen, Tantriks and the Believers - T.K. Balan 14 7. How we Lost Faith in Satya Sai Baba - K.S. Ramachandran 21 8. Still Questions Remain Unanswered - K.S. Ramachandran 23 9. Conformism Vs Originality - J.V. Narlikar 24 10. Whether Gifting Government Lands for Temple is Secular A Writ Petition in Maharashtra High Court 26 11. Aroma Therapy: Making Dollars out of Scents - Stephen Barrett 35 12. Follow-up: Agnihotra - M. Purushothaman 38 13. Fire the Healer - S. Ramanarasu 40 14. Fellow of INSA Quits in Protest 42 15. Lies in the Name of Religion - Eva Sharma 43 16. Criticism: Bug Bans - Margaret Bhatty 44 17. An Open Letter to Sri T. N. Seshan, C. E. C. of India 46
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. The Praying Palm Tree - Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose 5 3. Alleged Psychic Uri Geller Loses Libel suit Against Prometheus Books - Michael Powers 23 4. A Destroyer of Myths - M. Chandrasekhar 24 5. Science, Technology and Environment Topics in Different Media (Print, Electronics and Stamps) - Swapna Rao 26 6. Tabe Clinic Treatment, whether fraud or scientific - B. Premanand 37
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Note on Co-operation Among Various Rationalist, Humanist Organisations of India - Dr. Ramendra, Convenor BRS 4 3. Nostraddamarama - Elena M. Watson 7 4. Myocardial Infarction: Patient Guide - Cadila Edu. Service 18 5. Directory of Skeptics 21 6. Therapeutic Touch: Why do Nurses Believe? - Vern L. Bullough and Bonnie Bullough 22 7. Healthy Skepticism - Tim Gorski, M. D. 28 8. Chiropractic - Tim Gorski, M. D. 31 9. Letters to the Editor 39
1. Review of "Science versus Miracles" - Margaret Bhatty 2 2. 20th year of Action 4 3. Sai Baba's Horoscope Reading by Sushil Chaturvedi - Margaret Bhatty 5 4. The Vastu - (A) Shastra? - Michael McLaughlin 6 5. Can We Believe Jesus - Miss Sthitaprajna 8 6. News from Haryana - Dr. Rajendra Gera 10 7. The Girl Who Remembered Her Past Birth - Dr. Rajendra Gera 11 8. Many Who Visit Sai Baba Vanish - N. Vikram 13 9. The Unsecular Decision of Andhra Government - N. Vikram 14 10. Perpetual Energy Controversy - Prof. M. T. Beck 17 11. Tribal Medicine Men no Longer Authentic 23 12. Sukra Dasa for Nation 24 13. Sorcerer Baulks at Rationalist Body's challenge; Flees 25 14. Jain Temple Miracle Attracts Crowd 26 15. The Superstitions in News - T. K. Balan 27 16. Astrologers Can't Thank Their Stars - L. K. Sharma 28 17. Follow your Old Stars Say the Astrologers 29 18. Priest Drowns in Bid to Walk on Water 30 19. Yatra to Challenge Godman's Miracles 31 20. Help Age India - Dr. G. N. Padki 31 21. The Search of Perpetual Energy Machine - B. Premanand 32 22. Letters 41
1. Contents and Editor's page 2 2. Bhandup`s "Miracle" Creek Attracts Hordes - Shabnam Minwalla 5 3. Introducing Indian Rationalist Association - Dr. N. Innaiah 6 4. Can Anyone Inquire Into Sai Baba Institutions? Dr. N. Innaiah 8 5. The Skeptic Groups Together - G. N. Padki 9 6. Indian Skeptics - National Conference - T. K. Balan 9 7. Woman Trudges Forbidden Hill - Times of India 11 8. Is Religion Good for Health? - Dr. R. Joshi 11 9. What Are These Issues Which Are beyond The Expertise and Experience of Science and the Scientific Method? 12 10. A Priest Can Rape! - Biranchi Narayan Mishra 14 11. And Now a Catholic Priest in Sex Scandal - Rasheeda Bhagat 14 12. Mrs. Annie Besant - A Woman With a Mission - Dr. S. Shet 16 13. I'm the Son of God - Miss Sthitaprajna 24 14. Missing Data on Experimenter - Dale Beyerstein 24 15. French Committee Announces Results of Tests of the so Called Mars Effect - Dr. Paul Kurtz 26 16. Everyone Has A Theory! How Do You Respond? - Keay Davidson 29 17. Quack Hunting with Dr. John Renner - Sherma Erholm 31 18. Influencing Beliefs in the Courtroom - B. Greben 35 19. Life Subscribers List 40 20. Letters to the Editor 20
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. How the press Reports the Paranormal - B. Premanand 3 3. The Uravakonda Ghost: A Hoax - G. R. Babu 7 4. Putting Away Childish Things - Richard Dawkins 15 5. Mantra of Moderation - Sourish Bhatcacharya 24 6. Mysterious Voices from a Sealed House - Ved Priya 28 7. Witch-Craft Takes Life - B.N. Mishra 30 8. Witch-Hunting Continues - Indian Express 30 9. Wonder and Skepticism - Carl Sagan 31 10. Follow-up: The Video Cassette Exposing the Sai Baba Trick 42 11. A CHILD CAN DO IT! To Make Fire on Body no Supernatural Power is needed - B. Premanand 43 12. Letters to the Editor 45
1. Contents 1 2. Editor's Page 2 3. Annie Besant: A Bane to Indian Society - N. Innaiah 4 4. Annie Besant: An Overview - Margaret Bhatty 5 5. Few Thoughts on Dimensions of Social Change in India Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanada Shet 6 6. Confederation of Humanists, Rationalists and Atheist Organisations in India - Dr. Rayendra Gera 10 7. Casteless and Non- religious Wedding in A..P. 12 8. Sathya Shodh Yatra - Dada Chandane 13 9. Science March in Punjab - Sarjit Talwar 16 10. The Yogini Matha in the Hills - K. S. Ramachandran 18 11. Anti-Climax of Sai Baba Member - Hugh Emil De Cruz 19 12. An American Devotee's Experiences with Sai Baba 33 13. Sai Baba's Latest Miracles - K. S. Ramachandran 23 14. Astrology is Absurd - K. S. Ramachandran 25 15. Vastu Shastra Can Save India - Margaret Bhatty 26 16. Misplaced Lavatory Can Cause Cancer - Vastu Expert 30 17. Let Us Live Without Opium - Umesh P. Patri 31 18. Builders Asked to Study Ancient Science of Construction 34 19. Houses Razed to Suit NTR`s superstition 34 20. Rationalist Group to Screen Cassette Exposing Sai Baba 35 21. Narasimhaiah Assumes Charge of Kannada Development Authority 36 22. Puja to Ward off Train Mishaps 36 23. The Chain Letter and Fear Complex - B. Premanand 37 24. President Again Touches the Feet of Satya Sai Baba - N. Innaiah 39 25. Inspite of Satya Sai Baba the High Court Judge Had Heart Attack - P. T. Rajiv 40 26. Sai Baba Vomits on Dais 40 27. Sanal Edamaruku Failed in Debunking Astrology on DD I - Margaret Bhatty 41 28. DD Seeing Stars Over Astrology Debate 41 29. Your Child is a Thief - Radhika Singh 43 30. A Workshop Explaining Miracles in Haryana - Dr. Ish Chadha 45 31. Letters to the Editor 45
1. Contents 1 2. Editor's Page 2 3. Miracles are Myth - Hindu, 11.6.1995 4 4. Vaastu Shastra - For Health, Happiness, Success, Wealth Position and Power - B. Premanand 5 5. Business Better With "Vastu" Say Today's Tycoons - Nandini Bhaskaran, Times of India, 2.7.1995 8 6. Faith in Sai Baba? - K. S. Ramachandran 9 7. The "Curse" of King Tut and of the Princess-in-a-Box - James Randi 10 8. Indian Humanist Coordination Committee: a Report - G. R. Babu 149. Sai Trust Offers Women Jobs - Deccan Herald, 8.4.95 17 10. Quit India Movement: The Do or Die Struggle for Freedom - Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanada Shet 18 11. What we learn from the Quit India Movement 26 12. Time for a Second Struggle for Freedom - B. Premanand 26 13. Family versus Politics - India Today, 30.6.1995 28 14. The Case Against Secrecy - Orijit Das, Times of India 17.6.95 29 15. The Indian Secrecy Act and the Right of the People to Know - B. Premanand 30 16. Biased Judgements Based on Judges Beliefs - B. Premanand 31 17. Judges "Philosophy" in his Order Intrigues Ministry - Hindu 24.6.1995 33 18. The Missing Evidence - Editorial Hindu, 24.6.1995 35 19. Judiciary - the Only Hope of Masses, says Savant - Indian Express, 25.6.1995 36 20. Ghosts on Trees - K. S. Ramachandran 37 21. The Chain Letter Scare - Beep 38 22. Sense and Nonsense in Doordarshan - R. Jayachandran 39 23. Possessed Girl to Appear on TV - Indian Express, 25.5.1995 40 24. Spiritual Rapes - Narendra Nayak 40 25. Letters to the Editor 42
1. Contents and Editor's Page 1 2. A Skeptic's God - Sanjeev Kumar Mishra 4 3. On Day Token fast in Maharashtra Demanding Action against Sai Baba - Dada Chandane 4 4. Orphanage - A Paying Business - Narendra Nayak 5 5. Sex and Salvation - Margaret Bhatty 9 6. Goparaju Ramachandra Rao: A Profile - Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda Shet 15 7. Sai Baba Guru Boom Flies in Face of Hukum Claim - Mitsuru Mabuchi 26 8. American Devotee's Experiences with Sai Baba 27 9. Old Woman Beaten up, Paraded Naked in City - Indian Express 29 10. Hypnosis What it is I : The Atheist Gurus Who Exploit People - P. Premanand 30 11. Mahant Challenges Manav to Hypnotise People - The Hitavada 32 12. Jadugar Mahant, Shyam Manav to Fight it Out on Stage Today - Indian Express 33 13. Marriage Without Rituals: Congratulations 33 14. Mahant-Manav showdown Ends in Mere War of Attrition - IE 34 15. Abdulla Baba Curing Diseases With Holy Water? - Siddha Raju 35 16. Instead of Playing With the Life of Children Investigate the Proponents of Predictive Sciences(?) and the Godmen - B. Premanand 36 17. Reviewing 1986: Paramahamsa Tewari Stole Patent of Trombley and Joseph Kahn - Courtesy: Magnets 38 18. The Spreading Menace of Tumbler Magic - K. A. Antony 39 19. The magic exposed - Indian Express 41 20. Letters to the Editor 41
1. Contents 1 2. Editors Page 2 3. Who are Behind Rajiv Gandhi's Murder? 3 4. Yuktivadi Chief Flays Godmen - Indian Express 4 5. Judgement in Writ Appeal No. 184 for a CBI enquiry into the 6 Murders in Sai Baba's Bed Room and other Murky Happenings 5 6. Stoicism - The Rationalist News 17 7. Holy Sinners 19 8. Psychic Dowsing? - R. Jayachandran 22 9. Science and Miracles - Kurian Replies 23 10. Hume Nails Jesus - The Rationalist News 25 11. Exorcist Stabbed - K. S. Ramachandran 26 12. Belief in Yoga Brings Problems - K. S. Ramachandran 27 13. Quacks and Alternative Medicines - Laxmidas Khatau 28 14. Price of Medievalism - Indian Express 32 15. Quake Forecast Paralyses Life in Sangamner - Indian Express 33 16. U.S. Jury Convicts Two Rajneeshites - Times of India 34 17. Vastu Shastra Throws Out N. T. Rama Rao - T. K. Balan 35 18. India is all Wrong According to Vaastu - Rafesh Arya 36 19. Gem Therapists - Awani Kumar 39 20. Gems Bond - Saira Menezes 39 22. Postal Robbery - Mrs. Malika B. Mistrey 45 23. Start the 2nd Vol. Of Science Versus Miracles - Kirtan Parida 45 24. Acupressure: Quackery in Doordarshan - Laxmidas Khatau 46
1. Contents 2 2. Editor's Page 2 3. Constitute a Ministry for Abolition of Superstition - IRA 3 4. Scratch Introduces Himself - Fred Whitehead 5 5. A God that Failed - Margaret Bhatty 6 6. Rationalists Win Debate with Astrologers - Vidyadhar Date 11 7. How Church Fakers Get Blood From a Stone - Peter Brearey 12 8. James Randi: A Skeptical Inquiring Mind - Philip Yam 14 9. Cheating Charge Against 'Curing girl' - Indian Express 1i8 10. Sai Baba's Ex-devotees Experiences from United States 19 11. Sai Baba's Propaganda Film Thrashed by Your Interview - Joris Yvo 20 12. Rationalists Go on Crusade Against Fake Godmen - Indian Express 22 13. Brain Washing by Godmen - Vijay N. Pathak 24 14. Jain Acharya in Sex Scandal - Awani Kumar 25 15. HC Admonishes Petitioner in Sai Baba Case - Deccan Chronicle 26 16. The Milk Drinking Hoax of Idols - R. S. Cooper, Karuna Manoharan, Narendra Nayak 28 17. Narendra Attacked - Canara Times 29 18. Attack on Nayak Condemned - Arunchalam Kumar 29 19. Narendra Nayak to Repeat Feat - Canara Times 30 20. Rationalists Dispel Myth of Idols Consuming Milk - The Hindu 31 21. Federation of Atheists etc. - Siddharth Radheshyam 32 22. Godmen Are Middlemen - Interview with K. N. Balgopal 33 23. Readers Comments: Not all Goondas are Godmen 36 25. Astrologers Predict about Quake Did Not Come True - Dr. Sandeep Gupta 40 26. Experiences With Sai Baba - A former devotee from the U. S. 41 27. Don't be obsessive with Sai Baba - Jayakrishna Sahu 43 28. We are Worried About You - B. V. Radhakrishna Murthy 43 29. We fully Agree With Dada Chandane - S. Anil Kumar 44 30. The International Humanist Conference at Bombay - Circular 45
1. Contents and Editor's page: The Judgement 2 2. Murder by Consensus - Margaret Bhatty 5 3. Why an Atheist Association - Fritz Erik Hoevels 12 4. Delay in Posting 15.8.1995 issue - Dr. Nalini Venugopal 16 5. A New Organic Insecticide - B. V. Radhakrishna Murthy 17 6. Explaining Miracles Workshop in Mandaya - Siddaraju 19 7. Observing Solar Eclipse in Mandaya - Siddaraju 20 8. Hunger Strike on 20.12.1995 - Venkataiah 21 9. "Guru Busters" - N. Spencer 21 10. Investigate Sai Baba's Social Activities - K. S. Ramachandran 22 11. Sai Baba Supreme - Current Weekly 23 12. Murky Deed of Ashram Baba - Hindustan Times 28 13. Of Spiritualism and the Flesh - Rasheeda Bhagat 29 14. Skeleton Exhumed From Ashram - Indian Express 34 15. Pastor Convicted for Murder of Daughter in Law - Indian Express 35 16. Teenager Raped in Temple - Times of India 37 17. Cardinal Sinners - Arthur J. Pais 37 18. A Heavenly Call - S. T. Beuria 39 19. An Indian Faith-Healer is Convicted of Sexual Offence - Robina Dam 40 20. Sublime to the Carnal - Mukesh Vyas 43 21. Godman Held for Murder - Times of India 44 22. Swami Said he Was Her Husband in Previous Life - Times of India 45
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Indian Success in BBC Playwriting Competition 3 3. Best Play South East Asia: MY ENEMY MY FRIEND by Margaret Bhatty 4 4. Need for Moral Values in Indian Politics Today - Dr. Sunanada Shet 5 5. Who Are the Ring Leaders in Propagating Superstitions? - Laxmidas Khatau 9 6. Explaining Nadi Jyotisham - Dr. Prakash Rao 11 7. The Agastya Nadi Predictions - M. S. Risbud 11 8. Fate's Psychology - Sanjeev Kumar Mishra 12 9. Agastya Nadi Jyotisham: How they Predict Reading a Palm Leaf - B. Premanand 13 10. Did Ancient India have Aeroplane Technology? - Stein O. Rasmussen 16 11. Going Back in Time: Science and Technology in Epics - Dr. Jayant V. Narlikar 19 12. Chandraswami and Seshan's Sapphire: Whose claim rings hollow - B. S. Nagaraj 21 13. Dawood Ibrahim Seeks Chandraswamy's Help - Pankaj Vohra 22 14. Indian Humanist and Rationalists - Warren Allen Smith 23 15. Indian's "Guru Busters" Debunk all that is Mystical - John F. Burns 23 16. The Article "Indian's Guru Busters Debunk All That is Mystical" is Full of Factual Mistakes - B. Premanand 28 17. News from Haryana Rationalist Society - Dr. Rajendra Gera 30 18. The Matriculation Examination - The General Studies Test 33 19. The Judgement: Part 3 - B. Premanand 35 20. Voice Your Concern - S. Anil Kumar 37 21. Scientific Temper Must for Self Reliance - P. V. Ranashima Rao 38 22. First Purnahuti of Ashwamedha Yagna - Hindu 39 23. PM's Son Performs Yet Another Yagna for "father's welfare" - S. Shivakumar 39 24. The Indian Rope Trick - Richard Wiseman 40 25. The Spiritual Rapes - Awani Kumar 43 26. Hold Workshop in Gulbaraga - Gururaj P. Paknikar 43 27. Produce Video Films on Explaining Miracles - Julian de Juan 44 28. Vastu Again - Taj Muhammad 45 29. Prasanthinilayam Murder Judgement - M. A. Kareem 45 30. About "Science Versus Miracles" - Dr. Asok Bondopadhyay 45 31. Punish the Culprits - Channaiah U. T. 46 32. Federation of Humanists, Rationalists and Atheists - Bansidhardas 46 33. Victory of Truth - Narayan Das Agrawal 47
1. Contents and Editors Page 2 2. A Moslem Progrom in India and its German Adaptation or: on the Merits of Comparison - Peter Priskill 5 3. Book Review: Philosophical Arguments on the Existence of God - Oneil De 22 4. When Chandraswami Wove his Magic Web - Harish Chandola 24 5. News from Haryana - Dr. Rajendra Gera 26 6. Man Kills Son in Greed to Get Treasure - Times of India 27 7. Science and Miracles: The Debate Continued 27 8. Science and Miracles: A Medical Doctor Explains - Dr. Ish Chadha 29 9. Prayers Heal, Says Researcher - Hindu 7.12.1995 30 10. Religion, Past, Present and Future - Kirttan Parida 31 11. Ignore Sai Baba - A High Court Judge 33 12. The Egg-on-Your-Face-Files: Quackery Exposed - James Randi 37 13. Sai Baba Birthday Extravaganza! - B. Premanand 38 14. Abdulla Baba of Hospet - Venkataiah 40 15. Nexus Between Godmen, Politicians, Bureaucrats and Judges: A Symposium 42 16. Godha Baba of Phaltan - Dr. G. N Padki 43 17. Artificial Sweetener? - Michael Gonsalves 44 18. Stripping Miracles of their Halo - Indian Express 45 19. Letters to the Editor on "Godmen are Middlemen" 46
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Special Leave Petition filed in Supreme Court Regarding 6 Murders in Sai Baba's Bedroom on 6.6.1993 5: 3. Office Report on Limitation 5 4. Memo of Parties 5 5. List of Dates 6 6. Special Leave Petition 7 7. Affidavit 16 8. World Atheist Conference Begins in City - Deccan Chronicle 17 9. Mixing Religion with Politics Flayed - Indian Express 18 10. Religious Fundamentalism Due to Fear of Social Change - Newstime 19 11. Less Religion is the Need of the Hour - The Hindu 20 12. Atheists Call for Strengthening Non-religious Institutions - Deccan Chronicle 21 13. Atheism Stresses Moral Freedom of Individual - Indian Express 22 14. Sunita Chandak of Dhamangaon Tells Past Birth Story - Tarun Bharat 24 15. The Strange Case of Sunita - Nagpur Times 24 16. Akot Agog Over Rebirth Case - Nagpur Times 28 17. Gunsha Drinks Milk! - K. N. Balgopal 29 18. Never Seen a Magazine Worse then Yours - M. T. Koshy 30 19. Why Bring Sex? - D. Suryanarayana 30 20. Usenet Debate, Bose and Einstein, Muktananada - Gerald Huber 31 21. Coming in from the Cold - Philip Yam 33 22. An Open Letter About Siddhayogha 34 23. An Open Letter of Resignation from Swami Abhayananda to Muktananda - Stan Trout 40 24. A Critical Syda Bibliography 42 25. Mother Meera's Community 43 26. Supreme Court of India Judgement in SLP 123/1996 45 27. Atheist Conference Call for Fight Against Fundamentalism - Deccan Chronicle 47
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Rationalist Foundation Award to B. Premanand 4 3. Ex-Devotee on Sai Baba - Hugh Emil De Cruz 5 4. Teach Religion in Schools Critically - M. T. Koshy 10 5. Stop Lying Chief Minister - B. G. Deshpande 12 6. Stop Publishing Astrology - B. G. Deshpande 13 7. Blasphemy - Md. Firozul Haque 13 8. Ban Rituals in Government Schools Md. Firozul Haque 13 9. Include Rational Aptitude Test - Md. Firozul Haque 14 10. Naadi Jyotish Controversy - M. S. Risbud 14 11. Rationalist Festival at Barnala, Punjab - Sarjit Talwar 16 12. Science, Religion and Society in the Last Phase of the 20th Century - Shankaranrayan U. J. 18 13. Busting Pet Superstions on Friday the 13th - Times of India 22 14. What the Devil 22 15. The First World Skeptic Congress 23 16. Sai Baba's Connection with Liquor Barons - B. Premanand 27 17. Italians Resigned to Corruption - Vaiju Naravane 27 18. Sai Gardens - Own a home amidst acres of blissful nature 29 19. Brushed Under the Carpet - G. S. Radhakrishna 30 20. Use of Intemperate Language ... 31 21. SC Expunges 'Remarks' - T. Padmanabha Rao 32 22. Bringing Together the Rationalists ... - Mrs. Kawaljit 32 23. Rationalist Doctors Circle - Dr. Rajendra Gera 34 24. Vedic Mathematics and Six Crores of Devotees to Shabarimala - P. G. Panikker 34 25. Vedic Mathematics Can Solve Many Problems - The Hindu 35 26. Comment on Goad Baba's Powers - M. T. Koshy, R. S. Cooper, Kawaljeet 36 27. Sugar Daddy - Michael Gonslaves 37 28. Pune Mystic Has a Sweet Touch - Haima Sukhu 40 29. Soad Baba: the Frog Hopping in the Well - Dr. Narendra Dabholcar 41 30. Premanand Visits Rourkela - Kirttan Parida 43 31. Could One Bring Legal Action? - Gerald Huber 45 32. Book Review: My Guru Gave Me a New Life - Gerald Huber 45 33. The Poltergeist at Large: A Street Where Stones Rain - M. B. Maramkal 47
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. The Hoax of Naadi Jyotisham - M. S. Risbud 4 3. Beware: Indian Airlines Fly by Astrology, not by Aeronautics - G. B. Deshpande 5 4. Love: it's all in the Stars - Roland Grecio 7 5. Future Round-up - Veenu Sandal 11 6. Your Prospects in November 95 - Swagat 11 7. This India - T. K. Balan 13 8. Devotees Seek Self Realisation - Times of India 14 9. Session Leaves Participants Wonderstruck - Mrinmayee Ranade 15 10. Mind your Head, Scientologists are here - Shabnam Minwalla 16 11. Poorman's Route to Psychotherapy - Shabnam Minwalla 17 12. The Magic Cards - Manisha Gulati 18 13. Puja Time - The Hindustan Times 21 14. Rao's Visit to Mutt Linked to Poll Dates - Times of India 22 15. Astrologers Say it is Australia - Ranjit Bhushan 22 16. Amritananda Mayi's Mafia Links? - B. Premanand 24 17. East West Airlines Welcomes The Divine Mother Amritanandamyi Devi 24 18. Shadowy Links - Ranjit Bhushan 26 19. N. T. R's Aide Switches Over to Naidu Faction - Times of India 28 20. The Edamaruku Controversy - R. G. Rao ?? 21. Secularism Missing in Indian Schools - B. Premanand 30 22. The Matriculation Examination: the General Studies Test in Finland 30 23. Miracle Exposure Campaign in Karnataka - Venkataiah 38 24. Fundamental Features of Religion - Kirttan Pareda 39 25. Sai Baba's Miracles - K. S. Ramachandran 43 26. Brahmin Meets Ends in a Dull Note - Bansidhar Das 44 27. Moslem Progrom: no Direct Relevance - D. Suryanarayana 45 28. Do not Ignore Sai Baba - Miguel Martinez 45 29. Indian Rope Trick? - Ved Priya 46 30. Religion and Conflict - Dr. Munsih Raizada 47
1. Contents 1 2. Editor's Page 2 3. Activists Attack Sriram Lagoo - Sanjeev Unhale 2 4. Astrologers Predictions for Election of 1996 - Narendra Nayak 3 5. History in Proper Perspective - Dr. (Mrs.) Sunana Shet 5 6. Prayers to prevent Earthquakes - M. Venkataiah 11 7. Photographers Barred from Baba's Fete - Indian Express 11 8. Sai Baba's Birthday Extravaganza at the Expense of the Exchequer - B. Premanand 12 9. To Please Baba - Erlendur Haraldsson 15 10. Chronicle's Magic - D. S. Rao 15 11. Army of Volunteers at Puttaparthi - Rajaram Shukla 20 12. Prashanti Nilayam Gets Ready to Feed an Army of Devotees - Rajaram Sankla 20 13. Prashanti Nilayam Gearing for Sai Baba's Birthday - Hindu 21 14. Weekly Meet of ECs not Held - Indian Express 22 15. Alert for 'Suicide Bomber' - Hindu 23 16. Red Alert in Puttaparthi - Indian Express 23 17. Harassed Judge Seeks Court's protection - P. V. Thomas 24 18. How much Government Money Spent for Sai Baba's Fete? 26 19. Elaborate Arrangements - Indian Express 26 20. Puttaparthi Spruced up - Indian Express 26 21. Concert Marks Sai Baba's Birthday Fete - Indian Express 27 22. Puttaparthi Getting Ready for Grand Event - Hindu 28 23. Sai Baba Birthday Fete Begins - Hindu 29 24. PM Arriving in Puttaparthi Today - Hindu 29 25. Puttaparthi Meet; Special Train to Clear Rush - Hindu 29 26. Rejoice at Puttaparthi - Asian Age 26 27. Reservations to Puttaparthi - Hindu 30 28. Special Trains - Hindu 30 29. Rao Lays Foundation for Rs. 4,000 cr. universal centre - Indian Express 31 30. Knowledge Derived from Senses is Non Science - S. K. Sinha 32 31. Prashanthi Nilayam Bursting at its Seams - Hindu 33 32. Sai Baba has a Glittering 70th Birthday - Indian Express 34 33. Book Review: Alternative Medicine or Magical healing 37 34. Vaastu Shastra Again - Mrs. Margaret Bhatty 38 35. Stop Telecasting Astrology Programme - Venkaiah Appagere 39 36. Buddha and Vivekanaanda on Astrology 40 37. The Fall of Shakti Krishna - V. Gunasekaran 40 38. Jesus Saves - Divya Tiwari 42 39. Live Burial for Forty Days - Awani Kumar 44 40. A Challenge to Predict the Results of the 1996 Elections - Narendra Nayak 45 41. Murder in Sai Baba's Bed Rooms - Anil Kumar 46
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Comments on Ganesh Idol Drinking Milk - Joseph Stephen Makara 3 3. The Virgin of Guadalupe is Formality Itself 4 4. Sai Baba's brother and Six Relatives of Rao Benefited from LPG Discretionary Quota - Rakesh Bhatnagar 5 5. Marketing Products which Could not Cure the Inventor - B. Premanand 6 6. Local Group News - Pat Reeder 7 7. How Can we be Sure of God's Sex - Reeta Dutta Gupta 8 8. Education System Failed in Reforming Society - Dr. H. Narasimhaian 13 9. 71 Year Old Convicted in First ever Child Paedophile case 11 10. Deflowered Lilies: The terrifying spectre of child prostitution - Feroz Bakht Ahmed 12 11. Goan Case - Frederick Norohna 14 12. Ex Sai Baba Devotee Hugh Emil De Cruz again 14 13. What Stars Foretell for Country - Harish Gupta 16 14. Lucky Nine - Indian Express 7.3.96 17 15. Nostradamus Predicted Rise of Rao - Hindu 18.4.96 17 16. P. M. Visits Kodimath - Hindu 11.4.96 18 17. Poll Forecast - Hindu 11.4.96 19 18. P. M. seeks Kodimath Prediction - Hindu 11.4.96 19 19. Shackles of Superstition - O. V. Balaswami 20 20. Pak Lost to India due to Allah's Wrath Against Woman Leader 21 21. Presidents' piety - Times of India 11.12.95 22 22. Bad Example - A. S. Raj 23 23. CSICOP's letter to Editors 24 24. Belief in Stars is not Good Sign - Paul Kurtz and Andrew Fraknoi 26 25. False Astrologer Dupes Believer - Indian Express 16.5.96 30 26. Memorandum of Contempt Case in Six Murders in Sai Baba's Bed Room 31 27. Milk Drinking Idols - Joe Nickell 35 28. Indian Scientists also Can do it - Talawar Sarjit 36 29. D. D. Propagates Astrology - Dhananjay Aditya 37 30. Margaret Bhatty on Guru Busters and Astrology 38 31. Indian Rope Trick? Shanklar replies 38 32. Margaret Bhatty on her prize winning drama 39 33. Child Rearing: Irrational Practices - Dr. Munish Raizada 40 34. Fight Astrology with Deadly Weapons - M. S. Risbud 41 35. You have Committed Mistakes on Your Comments on India's Guru Busters - Debasis Bhattacharya 42 36. Our Comments - B. Premanand ??
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Are Some Gurus More Equal? - Gerald Huber 5 3. Act of Poltergeist: Bhanamati - Venkataih Appagere 7 4. Report from USA - N Innaiah 9 5. The Prayer Cures in Potta - M. T. Koshy 10 6. From Rationalism to Ritualism: The Fall of a Messiah - C. I. Oomen 11 7. On Dialectic Materialism: An open Polemic: - Kirtan Parida 13 8. Renowned Rationalist "Venigalla" passed away - Vikram 15 9. Malladi Subbamma Recipient of Rev. M. A. Thomas Human Rights National Award - Malladi Subbamma 16 10. Letter to Week - B. R. R. Babu 18 11. Defy your Gods. God made a Beggar. Star's don't Sell, Star Gazers do - Dr. Munish Raizada 19 12. Defy your Gods, Salman Rushdie Asks Graduates - TOI 27.5.1996 20 13. God made a Beggar - Hndustan Times 29.5.1996 20 14. Star's don't sell, Star Gazers do - Bharat Kaushal 21 15. 13th World Humanist Congress at Mexico City 24 16. Celebrities Pulled into Moon's Orbit - Marc Fisher 28 17. Rev. Moon's Speaker's List 29 18. Irrational - N. Narasimhan 30 19. An Attempt to Predict Accidental Death with Vedic Astrology - John Dudley 31 20. Controversial Documentary Upsets Sai Baba Devotees - Deccan Herold 36 21. This India - T. K. Balan 37 22. Guided by the Stars, H. D. Deve Gowda 'Moves Into' Prime Minister's Residence - Subhash Kirpekar 38 23. What the Stars Foretell for the UF Government - Subhash Kirpekar 39 24. Plea for Action Against Doctors in Godman's Case - TOI 39 25. Good God - Times of India Editorial 40 26. It's all over now, Indian Guru - Arthur J. Pais 41 27. Astrology is Useful but not Scientific - Rajesh Kochar 43 28. Wanted, Ghost-Busters at ESIS hospital - Shabnam Minwalla 44 29. Jinxed Room - Indian Express 45 30. Rush to Hyderabad for Fish 'cure' - Uma Ramakrishnan 45 31. Nadi Predictions, Controversy - M. S. Risbud 46 32. India, a Breeding Ground for all Crooks - M. A. Kareem 47 33. Science Versus Miracles, An Appreciation - Cramb 47
1. Content and Editors Page 2 2. Astrology is not a Science - Dr. Jayart Narlikar 4 3. Debunking the Mystical India - Warren Allen Smith 5 4. Faith Healers Apply Butter Cure - Paul Murphy 7 5. Victims Tell about Healing Scam - Paul Murphy 8 6. New Case on Guru's Aide - Lynn Hudson 10 7. Trial Date of Bhagwan Rajneesh Followers Set - Lynn Hudson 11 8. New Trial Date of Bhagwan Rajneesh Followers Due - Lynn Hudson 11 9. Oregon Murder Conspiracy Trial - Lynn Hudson 11 10. Two Cultists Implicated in Slaying Conspiracy - Lynn Hudson 12 11. Two Rajneesh Aides Convicted Lynn Hudson 12 12. Women Commune Convicts Ask for New Trials - Lynn Hudson 14 13. A Hare Krishna Leader Invicted - Lynn Hudson 14 14. Suspect in ISKON Case Seized - Lynn Hudson 15 15. Hung Jury in Hare Krishna Killing - Lynn Hudson 16 16. Religious Leader gets 40 Years - Paul Murphy 17 17. Ex-devotee Guilty on Slay Charges - Lynn Hudson 18 18. Sentencing Set for Ex Hare Krishna Leader 19 19. Hare Krishna Movement in Danger of Loosing his Assets - Lynn Hudson 19 20. Court Delays Decision in Krishan Case - Lynn Hudson 21. Hare Krishna Case Settled - India Abroad 22 22. Sexual Contact force Guru to Quit his Job as Head of Commune - Lynn Hudson 23 23. The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power - Richard Behar 24 24. Yoga Teacher is Found Guilty of Sex Offence - Batuk Vora 39 25. Yogi in Bid to Acquire Famed Chicago Hotel - India Abroad 41 26. Yogi Charged with Sexual Abuse - India Abroad 41 27. Madalyn, her Son Jon and Grand Daughter Robin Missing Since September 4th 1995 - Margaret Bhatty 41 28. Science Versus Miracles, an Appreciation - Oguz Goknur 43 29. NCSTC Science Award - Shankaranarayan U. J. 44 30. Book Review: "Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality" - William J. Malley 45 31. Karanataka Govt. Admits that 'Banamathi' Exists - Times of India 46 32. Mother Kills Son to 'Save' her Daughter - B. S. Kunwar 47
1. Sai Baba's Pipe did not Deliver Water - B. Premanand 2 2. Raj Kiran Arrested while Entering Sai Baba's Ashram in Whitefield - Sajit C. 5 3. Rai Kiran Returns - Kajal Walia 5 4. Sathya Sai Water Project Inauguration on Nov. 23 - Indian Express 6 5. Sathya Sai Trust's Feat in Water Scheme - R. J. Rajendra Prasad 7 6. Make Rivers National Property - Sai Baba 8 7. PVN Inaugurates 250 Crore Water Scheme - Indian Express 8 8. Ananata "Poor" Turns Ananada 'Puri' - Indian Express 8 9. Peoples's Quest for Growth Vital - President S. D. Sharma 10 10. President Calls for Peoples Involvement - Indian Express 10 11. Sai Baba gets Rs. 1,7bn Gifts on Birthday - Syed Mujeedul Hasan 11 12. Sacred Smash - Sandhya Mrndonca 13 13. Ungodly Godmen - Mehul Kamadar 18 14. Birthday Bash - H. N. Banerjee 19 15. Basu Waives Tax for Sai Trust - S, N. M Abdi 20 16. Sai Baba Criticises Lack of Moral Values - The Hindu 21 17. Paramapalli to Puttaparthi - Comprehensive Division of Protected Water Supply Scheme 34 18. A Lengthening List of Worries - Charulata Joshi 37 19. Water into Petrol: the Ramar Effect? - B. Premanand 39 20. Astrology and the Indian State - Peter Ronald deSouza 40 21. Dr. Gordon Stein Passed Away - N. Innaiah 41 22. M. K. Rationalist to the Core - Indian Express 41 23. Some Genuine Reason for Questioning Adhyatma Spirituality - U. J. Shankaranaryan 43
1. Contents 1 2. Editor's Page 2 3. A Lament from Overseas 5 4. Sex, Lies and Video Tapes: Retelling the Satya Sai Baba Story - G. R. R. Babu 8 5. What Pro-Sai Baba Paper Wrote about Rajkiran - Mathrubhumi 14 6. Students: Answer the Questions and Get a Free Book 15 7. Philosophy of Religion: Final Exam Study Questions May 1996 19 8. Introduction to Philosophy: First Hour Study Question June 1996 20 9. Darwin and Genesis - M. T. Koshy 20 10. Middle Ground Between Genesis and Darwin - John Thaviy CNS 21 11. Some Questions on Sai Baba - K. S. Ramachandran 22 12. German Islamic Scholar's Price Protested - Manik Mahta 24 13. Revenge for the Protest - Ariman-Verlag GmbH 25 14. Statement to Press Outside Germany - Tilman Haussuhl 26 15. An Appeal of the Iranian Artists and Societies 28 16. Agastya Nadi: A Reply to M, S. Risbud: Human Error II 29 17. Students Corner: Jasreet 34 18. Enrol me as a Life Member - M. K. Chaturvedi 36 19. A Letter without Date and Address from a Christian 36 20. Question for the KEW Christian Fellowship Panel: KEW - Stephen D. Davis 38 21. Confusion Within - Umesh Patri PhD 40
1. Contents 1 2. Editor's Page; The greatest Scam 2 3. Mallya Apollo Hospital Advertisement in India Abroad 3 4. Sri Sai Ram Hospital Equipments (P) Ltd.., advertisement on Hindu 3 5. No Link with Godman - Pamela Singh 3 6. Unhealty Scam - S. Halan 4 7. Special DRI team to Probe Medical Scam - Indian Express 4 8. Stop Spreading Superstition in Doordarshan - M. T. Koshy 5 9. Miracle Shattered - Hindu 5 10. Spirit of Unity Concerts propagating Sai Baba in Doordarshan - M. T. Koshy 6 11. Letter from an Ex-Devotee of Sai Baba 6 12. I would like to compose your books on computer 7 13. A Fan from Overseas 9 14. Stealing Kidneys in Sai Baba's Super Speciality Hospital - Raikumar Raywadikar 10 15. The Snake Miracle - Venkataiah Appagere 14 16. Murders are Avathar's Attributes - K. S. Ramachandran 17 17. Are Sai Baba and the Constitutional Authorities Respectable? 19 18. Mother Mary's Apparition - M. T. Koshy 21 19. Thousand Flock to Batim - Herald 22 20. Dr. Vartak's Journey into Space- M. T. Koshy 23 21. By Jove! This Man's Been to Mars - Shrikant Rao 24 22. The Medical Equipment Scam - T. K. Rajalakshmi 26 23. "Miracle" Manual - K. Sunil Nambiar 27 24. Free Equipment for Hospitals - Aprajota Sikri 28 25. Pamella's Story: I'm a Victim - Rahul Bedi 28 26. St. Kitt's Directors Face US Trial - Lynn Hudson 30 27. Swami Insists Charge is True - Tarun Basu and Mayank Chhaya 32 28. McLean-Chandraswamy Connection Is Hinted - Lynn Hudson 34 29. Envoy Backs N. Y. Consul Over St. Kitts Documents - Aziz Haniffa 38 30. Tracking the Forgeries Authors Indian Express 39 31. Chandraswamy Warns of Possible Retaliation - Aprajita Sikri 41 32. 1st Trust Director Gets 13 Years - Lynn Hudson 45 33. Charlatan: a Letter from Overseas 46 34. If you don't Believe in God you Will Suffer in Life - Sanjib Kumar Mishra 47 35. Science Versus Miracles: an Appreciation - R. M. Patel 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Sun Sign Columns: An Armchair - Invitation - Geoffrey Dean & Arthur Mather 5 3. Ghostly Photos - Joe Nickell 12 4. Report from Punjab - Sarjit Talwar 16 5. An Unholy Holy-man of Holy Dargah in Police Custody for Homosexuality - Sarjit Talwar 16 6. Inculcate Scientific Temper, Say Good bye to Superstitions - Sarjit Talwar 16 7. All is not well at Dera Radha Somai Beas - Sarjit Talwar 17 8. Women held in girl abduction case - Tribune 18 9. You are in James Randy's Encyclopaedia - Dr. N. Innaiah 18 10. Questions to Satya Sai Baba & His Devotees to answer 19 11. Astrology's Fundamental Tenets Exploded - M. S. Risbud 20 12. About Indian Skeptic - Editor, Dalit Upsurge 21 13. VIP's mike beeline for Homage: Chandraswamy's Souvenir 21 14. St. Kitts Chronology - India Abroad 26 15. 6 charged in St. Kitts Conspiracy - Tarun Basu 27 16. MPs Hear St. Kitts Papers Exist - I. Gopalakrishnian 30 17. Guru Gets Extension of Leave - India Abroad 31 18. Khashoggi has high level talks - Tarun Basu 32 19. US seeks documents on Guru - India Abroad 34 20. Jethmalani takes Swami to Court - PTI 39 21. Guru's London / Paris Visit - Sanjay Suri 35 22. Shekhar: Accused by Investigator - Tarun Basu 36 23. Rao Explains his St. Kitts Role - India Abroad 39 24. Guru's Ayodhya Ritual Backfires - Suman Guha Mozumder 40 25. Rao Payoff Enquiry is dropped - I. Gopalakrishnan 4 26. Thais Hail Chandraswamy - S. Satyanarayan 44 27. Chandraswamy needs Court OK to go abroad - India Abroad 44 28. Chandraswamy order generates heat - Mayank Chhaya 45 29. Chandraswamy Still in Spot Light - Tarun Basu 46 30. Aids Awareness- Dr. G. N. Padki 47
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Foreigner Takes a Final Leap - Deccan Herald 3 3. He Came Looking for Peace in India but Choose to Die - TOI 3 4. Thanksgiving (Advt.) LNSGSSIA - TOI 4 5. Antisuperstition Act on the Anvil in State - TOI 4 6. Murderers in Sai Baba's Bedroom - Gerald Huber 5 7. Post-mortem certificate of N. Radhakrishna 7 8. Remand Report by CB - CID 8 9. Nadi-Astrology: M. S. Risbud replies 13 10. Shadows of the Roman Empire: Book Review - Gerald Huber 15 11. A letter from Overseas 16 12. From Overseas 17 13. Astrology Disclaimer - Dr. Munish Raizada 17 14. Letter to God (Poem) - S. R. Garf 18 15. A Strong Denial (Poem) - Sanjeev Kumar Mishra 18 16. Astrology Fails Miserably - K. S. Ramachandran 19 17. Report from Kanataka - Narendra Na3yak 21 18. Beltangady Gearing up for Rs. 1 Crore Yagna Sponsored Covertly by Deve Gowda - Canara Times 21 19. And Now Petrol from Beedi Leaves - Canara Times 24 20. Matter of Faith? - M. T. Koshy 25 21. Matter of faith - Herald 25 22. James Randi Educational Foundation - N. Innaiah 27 23. It's Time for Science to Take a Strong Stand Against Popular Superstition - James Randi 27 24. Patrol from Plants Claims Baffles Indian Scientists - Nature 34 25. Indian Hopes for 'Herbal Fuel' Disappear into Thin Air - Nature 35 26. No Miracle - Puspa M. Bhargava 35 27. Leading Bombay Businessman Predict a Congress Downfall 36 28. Rao Acted Boldly Says Mallya - Nupur Basu 37 29. Goenka Lauds Rao's Reforms - I.K. Ghosh 38 30. A Revolution I've Been Dreaming of Says Rona Singh - Mayank Chhaya 39 31. A Pleasure Surprise, Says Bajaj - Milind Palnitkar 40 32. Humanist Way to Social Transformation - Sarjit Talwar 41 33. Unravelling the Indian Rope Trick - Richard Wiseman and Richard Lamont 46
1. Contents 1 2. Editor's Page 1 3. All India Study Camp 2 4. No Water in Sai Baba's Pipe and Shaktipat Guru - S. Anil Kumar 5 5. Japanese Group Allowed Darshan of Sai Baba 6 6. Rationalist Throws Gauntlet at Sai Baba 6 7. Anti-Satya Sai Baba Propagandist Deported 7 8. Police Checking land Deals Made Around Puttaparthi 8 9. Sai Baba Edges out 'Divine' Opponent - Times of India 8 10. Child Labour: A Disturbing Dimension - Dr. Sunanada Shet 9 11. Complaint by Sai Baba Against Shaktipat Guru 15 12. Questions Answered by the Shakti Pat Members 18 13. Shaktipat Guru Answers the Questions 19 14. Proceedings of the Joint Collector and Addl. District Magistrate 22 15. List of Foreigners (Japanese) Attached With the Proceedings 24 16. Advertisement About Sai Baba Meeting in Amsterdam 26 17. Skeptics Prevent Sai Baba Meeting in Amsterdam Botanical Gardens - Herman de Tollenaere 26 18. Leaflet by Astrologers 28 19. Gang of Six Impostors Arrested - Indian Express 29 20. Students Corner: A Walk Through Time 30 21. Atheists Win One - American Atheist Newsletter 42
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Leaflet of the Shakti Pat Guru 5 3. Postcard returned by the Latur Post Office 5 4. Garbage in, Garbage out - Margaret Bhatty 6 5. The Lament, the Hope and now the Despair 10 6. A Letter on The Basis of "Rational is his 'Mantra' and Charlatans his Target" and Reply - R. M. Aged 12 7. Kudos for exposing Sai Baba Water Project - Dhananjay Aditya 16 8. About "Confusion Within" - Ramesh 16 9. Book Review: A Skeptic's Guide to the New Age by Harry Edwards - Margaret Bhatty 17 10. I Would Like to Write on Your Life - Robert Goodman 19 11. You Helped us to Stop Sai Baba Conference - Dr. Herman de Tollenaere 20 12. Discharge Summary of Balaji who Gifted the Kidney 28 13. Discharge Summary of Trimbakbaba Rao on whom Kidney was Transplanted Saying no Perfusion to Transplant Kidney 29 14. Discharge Summary of Trimbakbaba Rao after Dialysis 30 15. Sonography Report from Medical College, Latur Stating Transplanted Kidney not Visualised 31 16. C. T. Scan Report Stating Transplanted Kidney not Visualised 32 17. Letter from Hon. Speaker, Lok Sabha for Dialysis 33 18. Sai Baba's Connection with Om Cult - Robert Goodman 35 19. Letter to Radio Times on Mark Tully's "Lives of Jesus" 36 20. "Age of Atheism" a new Quarterly Launched 37 21. Curing Cancer by Urine Therapy - Laxmidas Khatau 38 22. Check Your Facts - Laxmidas Khatau 39 23. Curious Cure - P. S. Krishnamurthi 39 24. "Science Versus Miracles" Inspired me - Sanjeev Kumar Mishra 39 25. About Vigyan Jatha in Kerala - R. Jayachandra 40 26. Kudos to M. T. Koshy - Dr. Munish Raizada 41 27. Explaining the Impact on Letters to the Editor - M. T. Koshy 41 28. We should have Family Get Together - R. Jayachandra 42 29. Let us Work Together - Buddha Sharan Hans 43 30. Is Spiritualism a Science? - Dr. Munish Raizada 43 31. Sai Baba's Powers? - Dr. G. N. Padki 44 32. Rational Thinking and Acting is the Need of the Hour - Mangalura Vijay 44 33. Stop Publishing About Corrupt Politicians - D. Suryanarayana 45 34. In Indian Skeptic, I See an Humanistic, Atheistic Heart - Joris Yvo 46 35. K.P. Peethambaran, Secretary, Rourkela Rationalist Association Passed Away - Kirttan Parida 47 36. Scientology Cult - Dr. Munish Raizada 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Bhuddhiwadi Foundation - Dr Kawaljeet 4 3. Clock that runs on cows urine developed 5 4. Some aspects of this unique technology that now call for deeper research - Margaret Bhatty 5 5. Aruna Asaf Ali: One of the most heroic leaders of our freedom struggle and a rationalist - Dr (Mrs) Sunanda Shet 6 6. His majesty, the chance - S.A.Baseer 9 7. Kiss someone you love when you get this letter and make magic - Chain letter Young India Films 10 8. Stop this nonsense - Dr (Mrs) Sunanda Shet 11 9. Religion: The bitter enemy of truth - Parida 12 10. Amritananda Mayee & Satya Sai Baba - A letter from Kerala 18 11. Relevance of Taslimas & Rushdies in the 20th Century - M.D. Firozul Haque 20 12. Rationale is his "mantra" and charlatans are his targets - Sriranjan Choudhuh 24 13. Consciousness through physics.- TOI Editorial 25 14. Pseudo Science using physics - Dr Munish Raizada 26 15. The prediction that did not come true - Soothsayer gives govt. 5 months - Indian Express 19.5.1996 27 16. Advertisement by Sterling Holiday Resorts (India) Ltd 28 17. Letter from Sterling Resorts (India) Ltd 28 18. Sterling Resort at Sri Satya Sai Village, Puttaparthi Investment price in U$$ 29 19. Week classification - Sterling Resorts (India) Ltd 30 20. Thanks giving Advertisements to Sai Baba 31 21. Combatting Mind control - Tambone Associates 32 22. Mind control and the cult phenomena - Steven Hassana M.Ed. 33 23. The Kalki Phenomena - N.Pradeep 35 24. Devotees Make beeline towards honey spewing icon - Avinash Thombre and Sriranjan Choudhuri 35 25. Rationalists suspect ghee to be paraffin - TOI 37 26. Kalki's photo now produces sugar - TOI 37 27. Access to information is a disinfectant - Sawant 38 28. Group Embedded Figures Test - Students Corner 1 40 29. Ayurvedic doctors worried over SC verdict - Deccan Herald 41 30. Match blood, not horoscope - Rupa Chinal 42 31. Registered letter with A/D received by Ramkumar Raiwadiker Posted on 21.12.96 43 32. Indian Skeptic sent to Ramkumar Raiwadiker returned as NOT KNOWN 44 33. The sacred water of Bhalwani - P. N. Nipanikar 44
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Hypnotism & Pranic Power - Dr K.R. Gopalakrishnan 6 3, Miracles: Other Side I - M.T. Koshy 7 4. Miracles: Other Side II - S.Raye 7 5. Response: One-sided editorial - M.T. Koshy 8 6. Americans obsessed with UFO's - M.T. Koshy 9 7. Fate is fate - M.T. Koshy 9 8. Seeking the Truth about batim - M.T. Koshy 10 9. Tarot Reading - M.T. Koshy 11 10. Face to Face with Godman - T.K. Balan 12 11. No Place for Prayer - Barbara Stocker 13 12. Tax Protest - Rationalist Society of St. Louis 13 13. A Balanced Budget? Easier than you think - Ken Poulsen 14 14. It Sucks when you realize you've been a sucker - From Overseas 16 15. Drumming up Support for God's Avatar - Maya Ranganathan and P.K. Sajeesh 17 16. From a Mortal to Bhagavan 18 17. Why Youth are Attracted to Kalki Cult - Maya Ranganathan & P.K. Sajeesh 19 18. Kalki Proves Costly for the poor - Maya Ranganathan & P.K. Sajeesh 22 19. Kalki Dharma is a Way of Life - Indian Express 23 20. False Rumour - Gerald Huber 24 21. A Tender Call - Sanjeev Kumar Misra 25 22. S.C. Orders, Prosecution of Spiritual Leader - Hindu 25 23. A Reformist Organisation - Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmuian Samiti (ANS) - Prabhakar Nanawaty & Tanaji Khilare 26 24. Students Corner: I. Group Embedded Figure Test II 30 25, NCSTC - Network - Help to Build up Library 32 26. Lojikon - Govind N, Deodhekar 33 27. Is the Scientific Approach Relevent to Astrology? - Geoffrey Dean & Arthur Mather 40
1. Contents and Editor's Page 2 2. Press Council to express favours to scribes - Deccan Herald 5 3. Student's Corner - I Group Embedded Figures Test III 6 4. Religion & Conflict - D. D. Bandiste 7 5. Ceasing My Subscription - Dr. T. Brito Babapulle 12 6. Vedas have infinite medical wisdom, say these doctors - Shriranian Chouduri 13 7. Vedic Medicine units to be set up in all districts - Deccan Herald 14 8. Deepak Chopra and Maharishi Ayurvedie Medicine - Thomas J. Wheeler Ph.D. 15 9. Metal toxicity in drugs - Daksha Hathi 26 10. Doctors liabie for deficiency too: SC - lndian Express 29 11. 'Alternatve' remedies alarm experte - Gina Kolata 30 12. Aroma of Life - Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 31 13. They peddle hope for desperately seeldng vicüms - Harmala Gupta 32 14. 'No scientific temper among students'- Deccan Herald 34 15. Bihar Rationalist Soclety - Plan for Research 35 16. He could not predict his distressed Wife's next move - Times of India 40 17. Donl tally horoscopes; match attitudes instead - Times of India 42 18. Mystery Medallion brings bad luck - Indian Express 42 19. A Crystal Ball gazer who cant foresee a rainbow in her life - Avinash Thombre 43 20. Why lndians are suckers for pseudo-science - Biman Nath 44 21. Atheist Karunanidhi Idcks up holy row over depiction as god - V.R. Mani 46
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Students Corner - Group embedded figures test,- 111 5 3. We Must Know - Himanshu Thakkar 7 4. Keep up the Good Work - South Australian Branch of Australian Skeptics 8 5. Food and Holy Ash of Sai Baba Contains Haloperidol? - From Overseas 9 6. 13 Central Ministers are rationalists / Acupuncture on DD / Vastu Shastra on DD - R. Jayachandran 11 7. Black and White - The Week 12 8. Strait was the gate - Lalitha Iyer 12 9. Darwin's OK, but God is God - Pope - Frances D' Emilio 15 10. Book Review: The Need to Revive Atheism in India - Kashinath 16 11. Practice What we Preach - R. Jayachandran 16 12. Heaven's Gate mass suicide in California: some early remarks - Herman de Tollenaere 17 13. Heaven's Gate Linked to the Media - Dr. Paul Kurtz 19 14. Council for Media Integrity - Matthew Nisbet 20 15. Learning Religious Scriptures - M.T. Koshy 22 16. Indian Skeptic a record of your long & courageous Struggle against superstition - New ZealandSkeptics 22 17. Satya Sai Bba Image and Ganesh At the House of Blues Restaurant - Mira Advani 23 18. Implement Common Minimum Porgrame - Secularism Parirakshana Samithi, Anantapur 26 19. The Meccan Tragedy - V.K. Narayanan 27 20. Definitions - Dr. Munish Raizada 28 21. Satya Shodhak Sabha - Gujarat State - High Lights 29 22. And in the US: End of road for car that ran on water - Times of lndia 36 23. Where was God when the Church was burning? - M.T. Koshy 38 24. Where was God? - F. M. De Souza 38 25. Pope's Mea Culpas - John Thavis 39 26. lnterpreting Scriptures - M.T. Koshy 40 27. Nature Cure - M.T. Koshy 41 28. Nature Cure - Jyotshna Pandit 41 29. Half Naked Women Try to Worship Yellamma - Deccan Herald 43 30. Wanted an IHEU Resolution on Religious Abuse of Children - Rationalist Association of lndia 45 31. No More Voodoo - Serbjeet Singh 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Towards Gender Justice - Dr. Sunanda Shet 4 3. IRHA - All India Study Camp 6 4. Snake Bite Cure through hen - N.S. Santhosh 7 5. FoW Cure for Snake Bites - Latheef Kizhisseri 7 6. Once Upon a Serpent - Sarojini Nayak 10 7. For Snake's Sake - Raghuram 13 8. Killing Myths and Sparing the Snake - Sudha S. Narayan 141 9. His bark Cures the Bite - Krishnarao R. Kulkarni 16 10. God Condemned - Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 15 11. Ripley's Believe lt or Not 18 12. 1 Donl Agree eth You on AJI Subjects - Bertil Akerblom 18 13. Would Like to Help lndian CSICOP - Shane Delphine 19 14. Hare Krishnas - From Overseas 20 15. Correcting lnternet Address - Dr. Herman de Tollenaere 22 16. World War II Not Due to Religion - Yuo Joris 22 17. Indian Skeptics Work Better - Yuo Joris 23 18. It is Perfusion, Not Perforation - Gerald Huber 24 19. Gold to Unknown Metall - Dr. A.K. Maheshwari 25 20. Absolute Scientific Attitude & Worshipping a Rationalist - Bal 26 21. Water to Petrol - Ved Priya 26 22. Living Without Food and Heaven's Gate - Awani Kumar 27 23. Fasting 290 days, Jain Sadhvis Endurance Baffles Doctors - M. P. K. Kutty 27 24. Kalki Avatar - Margaret Bhatty 29 25. Handmaidens of God - Margaret Bhatty 29 26. Annual Devadasi Ceremony No Longer Performed in the Open - Priyanka Kakodkar 32 27. Former Devadasis Now Play Spies - Times of India 33 28. Students Corner I Group Embedded Figures Test V 35 29. Guru Busters: An Epic - T. Britto Babapulie 36 30. Congrats! - Vijay Pathak 36 31. Police Nab Conman lantrik - Times of India 37 32. Fake Tantrik Exposed - lndian Express 37 33. Conman Posing as Swamy Arrested - Times of lndia 37 34. 28-day Yagna on for a better Worid - Deccan Herald 37 35. Nude Parade: AJI in the Name of 'Banamati'- Deccan Herald 39 36. Treasure Hunt Only Yields Offical Gullibility - M.B. Maramkal 40 37. We Catch a Fox... But always let it go, say villagers - G. Anuradha 42 38. Foxes are Worshipped to Ensure Plenty - Times of India 43 39. Caii to Develop Scientific Temper Among Children - Times of lndia 44 40. Lively Debate on Anthroposophy in Leeuwarden (The Netherlands) - Heman de Tollenaere 45
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Children are not Brain Washed - Letter from C. Archana 5 3. What Kind of Ethical Education will Serve our Future Needs? - Pekka Eio & Juha Savolainen 7 4. Skeptic at Large - Jim Kutz 13 5. Quotations - Compiled by Dr. Munish Raizada 14 6. About Kundalini - You can't Prove Anything Totally - Bertit Akerblom 15 7. Academic Science vs. Life and Happiness - Bertil Akerblom 16 8. Sai Baba: Sex and Magic - Jed Geyerhahn 21 9. Leachng Astrologer from Madras Advertisement 24 10. The Sub-god Ganesh - Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 25 11. Vaastu & Astrological Consultation - Advertisement by Shakuntala Devi 25 12. Nostradamus - Tapas Ku Chatterjee 25 13. In Gods hands? - Times of India 27 14. Dalit Womah Paraded Naked - Deccan Herald 28 15. Clouds shroud UFO mystery in city - Vithal C. Nadkarni 28 16. Newspapers have Responsibility - M.T. Koshy 29 17. Atheism (Fire Walking) - Dr. Munish Raizada 30 18. Sai Baba and the Sacred Ash - Sabine Engertsberger 30 19. Quack fails to cure, and is Arrested - Times of India 33 20. This Superstious World I - T.K. Balan 34 21. 'Pranic' healer's workshop to free the soul - Times of india 34 22. Russians spit, Knock and sometimes eat bus tickets - Times of India 36 23. This Superstitious World II - T.K. Balan - 37 24. Alchemists' Spell on Savants of Science - Rajesh Kochhar 38 25. Space Age Superstitions - J.V. Narlikar 40 26. Bishop gets Jail for Sex Crimes - Times of India 42 27. Miracle of Glass Tears Debunked - Times of India 42 28. Tantriks sacrifice two infants - Times of India 43 29. This Superstitious World - III - T.K. Balan 43 30. Bible Uncensored - John Harlow and Rajeev Syal 44 31. Parerits beat 7-year-old 'possessed' girl to death - Kaniza Lokhandwala 45 32. Rationalists expose myths of godmen and ghosts - Dionne Bunsha 46 33. They landed here, lost power - Times of India 47
1. Contents & Editors Page, 2 2. S.D.Sharma, Rao Dropped From Raliv Foundation - Indlan Express 6 3. Parvathi goes for Kants Jugular - M.S. Rao 7 4. Restatement of values of Judicial Life - V. Venkatesan 8 5. Sai Baba's Holy Ash shouw be Analysed - Joris Yvo.. 9 6. Fake Notes Racket People arrested in Sai Baba's Ashram - R. Vijayakumar 10 7. Psychics, Physics and Magnets - Milton Rothman 10 8. Viliagers Lynch man'dressed as hyena' - Times of India 11 9. This Devotee Cut Off his hand for his Guru - P.V. Sdnivasulu 12 10. Where Priests are homosexual 13 11. 'Lust for treasure' led to Human Sacrifice? - Times of lndia 13 12. Father Convieted for preferring prayer to Medicine - Indian Express 14 13. Tribal 'witch' hacked to death - Deccan Herald 14 14. Tantrik Arrested, 2 Kids rescued - Indian Express 14 15. Sadhu bumt zlive in Kanpur - Indian Express 15 16. Banamati does not dissipate into thin air - S. Seethalakshmi 16 17. Tribal Woman branded 'witch' killed in Dhule - Times of india 16 18. Human Sacrifice becoming rampant in Saurashtra - Apama Borkar 17 19. Five-year-old girl sacrificed to god - Deccan Herald 19 20. Weeping Jesus sparks rumours of apocalypse - Alen Efty 19 21. 'God' in jail for indecent exposure - Indian Express 20 22. Woman kills 'witch'mother - Deccan Herald 21 23. Woman sacrifices son to'help'daughter have normal delivery - D.S. Kunwar 21 24. Divine Love is sex with all 22 25. Jayant Nadikar - The Carl Sagan of India - G.V. Joshi 23 26. Right to info vital for democracy: - Sawant 25 27. We, the people, have the right to know - M. Bhaktavatsala 26 28. Welcome Move - Deccan Herald 27 29. A Real Cool Con - Robert L. Wolke 28 30. An Interview on Sai Baba - B. Premanand 31 31. More Video Exposures of Sai Baba's Miracles 35 32. From the BC Skeptics page on Sai Baba 35 33. Doordarshan Video Tape 36 34. Who funded Sai Baba's Hospital? 36 35. The Godmen are being convicted - Avani Kumer 36 36. Rape probe report nails Jain Acharya - Sanjay Sharma 37 37. Sucking Oil by Male organ - Jock Crarnb 39 38. Funny Old Worid - Private Eye 39 39. Dead Man has an Erection: Private Eye - Compiled by Victor Lems-Smith 40 40. More on Science studies: Yoga - Overseas .: 40 41. Memorandum Against Justice Punchhi: Sai Baba's Man 41 42. Judges who dismissed Cases against Sai Baba were connected with his Trusts - B. Premanand 43 43. Sunday Observer replies 43
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Guru Buster Film - Robert Eagle 5 3. Murder of German Lady at Puttaparthi - Vaartha 6 4. Finger Printing Helps proving Rape by Premananda - M.W.Pandit 7 5. Sex-Swanli gets life imprisonment - Deccan Chronicle 7 6. DNAtest nailed Premananda - Indian Express 8 7. Premananda sentenced to life term - The Hindu 9 8. Double Lifer for Fake Godman - Newstime 11 9. B.Premanand arrest controversy 13 10. Kalki Bhagwan should be exposed - T.Brito Babapulle 21 11. "Kalki" cult under scrutiny - The Sunday Times 22 12. Direct me to a Kaula Guru - Overseas 26 13. Information should be a fundamental right - lndian Express 27 14. The press council's bill on right to informafion - A.G.Nootani 28 15. HD Shourie to head 'Transparencyl Panel - Hindustan Times 30 16. The right to information - Kuldip Nayar 31 17. Experiences of a Snake Bite - George Harrison 33 18. Received Books - Shame to Indian Postal System - Overseas 36 19. Indian Skeptic not received - Subscribers 36 20. Continue the Battle - S. A. Owais 37 21. Guru Busters: Excellent - Overseas 38 22. SSB Tape was Blank - Overseas 38 23. Levitation Trick - Faizal Khan 39 24. I want to expose Miracles - R.A . Sugandh 40 25. Dark side of Rev. Moon 41 26. Top Secret CIA drug smuggling operations - We the People Home page 42 27. Mystery of the Crystal Tears - Joe Nickel 44 28. Mera Bharat Mahan - Biranchi Narayan Mishra 47 29. Tribals 'Fatal' Failure - Indian Express 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Sai Baba in Fire? 6 3. Deepak Chopra Receives an "award of the President of Italy" - Miguel Martinez 7 4. Fake godman held at Marthandam - Indian Fxpress 9 5. Godman remanded to Custody - The Hindu 10 6. Jain Monk Commits suicide - The Hindu 10 7. Onward Sheffield Vicars - A.G.Stewart 11 8. Inspite of Magical Remedies Act, Religious Seliefs take an Upper Hand - P. V. Gopelakrishrnan 12 9. Monk accused of raping disciple's mother, commits suicide - Indian Express 13 10. Probe sought into fake priest case - Indian Express 14 11. City police arrest 2 fake astrologers - Times of Jndia 14 12. Eight-year-old Raped, Killed - Hindustan Times 15 13- Bible Predict Murders & Holocaust - Biranchi Narayan Mishra 16 14. Controversial book prophesies holocaust - Indian Express 16 15. Law on Crucifixes - The Examiner 17 16. Transplant and organ donation myths - Mani M. K. 18 17. Donating a kidney to a family member - Katherine, Eberle 18 18. From Haryana: Spiritual Powers of Lamas - Ved Priya 21 19. More on Sai Baba - Overseas 22 20. Sai Baba: Experiences of an Ex-Devotee - Overseas 23 21. Is Miss Teresa A Light? - Prakriti Kumar 28 22. The Demon Haunted Valley - S.A.Owais 28 23. Mantra Therapy in Medical College - Dr. Y.Bhanu Prasad 30 24. The same phonomena does not bring the same result always - Prakriti Kumar 31 25. Extracts of Natüralism - Prakriti Kumar 32 26. Nature Cure - Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 33 27. Death in 'Ashram': Police raid hospitals - The Hindu 34 28. God Balaji failed to give water to his devotees - Indian Express 35 29. A ? mark to Sai Baba's Powers "why fear when I am here? - Satya Sai Baba 35 30. Sai Baba's Lust for Gold - P.G.Panikkar 36 31. From Germany - Gerald Huber & Reply 38 32. On God etc. - Reply by R.M. Agadi 44
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Doordarshan and fundamental duties - R.Jayachandran 7 3. Jayanb grounds Secy's clearance for cargo hub - Harish Gupta (Indian Express) 9 4. Sai Baba hands over water project to CM - The Hindu 10 5. Hospitals play musical chairs with ailing Rusian woman - Sriranjan Choudhuri 11 6. Why not "He" for he and she - Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 12 7. Would like to be in Editorial Board - Dr. G.N.Padki 12 8. Would like to be in Editorial Board - S. Maradani 13 9. Promotion of Intercaste marriages - S. Maradani .. 13 10. Science versus Human Miseries - Shankaranarayanan U. J. 14 11. Sandalwood worth Rs.1 cr seized in B'lore - Deccan Herald 20 12. Miracle Madness - Dorothy B. Thompson 21 13. You deserve a Medal - Dr. N.C.T. Britto-Babapulle 21 14. Kidney Transplantation: Questions & Answers 23 15. Kidney Theft: Questions & Answers - From Overseas 23 16. The Big Bang - S. A. Baseer 30 17. City astrologer predicts Gujral's downfall - Deccan Herald 30 18. Touch of Mysficism - Robert Glickman, R.N. 31 19. 14th IHEU Congress - Dr. Indumati Parikh 37 20. Goals & Programs of the JREF - James Randi 37 21. CIA / Contra / Cocaine Probe 39 22. Rama Foundation & Isaac Tigret 42 23. Beer vs. Christianity 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Case being filed over missing kidney - Indian Express 7 3. Dr. Safaya's Explanation on Kidney transplant 8 4. Reply to Dr. Safaya to his Press Statement given to Eenadu on 3.10.1997 - B.Premanand 8 5. Complaint to Police, Latur by Balaji Trimbakrao Karvande 9 6. Complaint to Police, Puttaparthi by Balaji Trimbakrao Karvande 11 7. Scientific attitude for overall development - Dhananjay Aditya 13 8. The Shroud is from Jerusalem - Judith Sudilovksy, CNS 16 9. The AJI Merciful? - Andy Vena 17 10. A Rationalist view of afterlife - Barbara Stocker 18 11. My Experiences with the Spirit - Geordee N. George 21 12. Blood from Lemon - Sehgal Sarkar 22 13. Suffering rabies patient meets agonising end - Sriranjan Choudhuri 23 14. Sadhu turns out to be a chain-snatcher - Times of India 23 15. Under tantrik's spell, man kills pregnant wife - Times of India 24 16. She was sacrificed like a lamb, alleges brother - 7imes of lndia 24 17. Police get custody of tantrik, husband - Times of India 25 18. Muni's suicide following rape charge - Deccan Herald 26 19. Bangalore youth looks for job in Murnbai, returns without kidney - Seema Singh 27 20. They should not go unpunished - Dr. Lloyd Vincent 28 21. Yet another godman charged with murder - lndian Express 29 22. Act without delay - A. A. Frank 30 23. The irrational predictions - M.T. Koshy 30 24. Terrified into believing - M.T. Koshy 31 25. The true word - John Santiago 32 26. Hell for past - M.T. Koshy 33 27. Worid of predicuons - M.T. Koshy 33 28. Fair Pharma & Aids Cure - Dr. Munish Raizada 34 29. Apollo gets HC notice for detaining patient - Deccan Heral 36 30. Tabe Clinic asked to pay for deficient service - Deccan Herald 36 31. Teachers - The makers of Tomorrow - Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda Shet 37 32. Thai PM's wife will appease God of Darkness - Times of India 44 33. Girl exorcised to death - Deccan Herald 43 34. Soothsayer admits to raping 236 women - Times of India 44 35. Tantrik Vs Doctor - Ved Priya 44 36. Seven awards to a fundamental film - P.V. Gopalakrishnan 44 37. Miracle Man? Aids Cure - India Today 45 38. Safety Helmets & Ladies - Dr. Munish Raizada 47 39. CCMB director gets Kalinga Award for 1997 - Times of India 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Midnight Moves - Bhavdeep Kang 3 3. Pseudo Treatment in Medical College - Haryana Skeptics 5 4. Of Faith Healing - T.V. Jayan 6 5. Baba & I - Reviewed by David Christopher Lane 7 6. A Positive Look at Sathya Sai Baba - GRD 8 7. In Praise of Sathya Sai Baba - Daniel Howard Schmidt 13 8. Neurology or Guru-ology? - David Christopher Lane 18 9. Murderous Custom - Gopalakrishnan P. V. 19 10. Book Review : The courage to become the virtues of Humanism - Paul Kurtz 20 11. The Human Magnets - Massimo Polidoro 21 12. Subject for the Agenda of I.H.E.U. Congress 23 13. Indian culture & Western culture - S. Maradani 24 14. Ex. Sai Baba devotee on Sai Baba - Hugh Emil De Cruz 28 15. This superstitous world - T.K. Balan 32 16. Narlikar regrets lack of scientific ethos among country men - TOI 33 17. Priest allegedly sacrifices boy to get good crop - TOI 35 18. Stepping on the water, lighty - Vithal C.Nadkarni 35 19. Guwahat household claims more engravings on potato - Wasbir Hussain 36 20. Do ghosts haunt the White House? - TOI 37 21. Great things are happening in India - B.Premanand 38 22. Judges were pressurod to vvithdraw from hawala case: Justice Verma - TOI 39 23. There is no god but 'God'- Sreenivas Jodavula 40 24. Premanand Arrest Controversy - Anil Sharma Replies 42 25. Seminar on ICSI fertilisaton - The Hindu 43 26. Psychic Diary - Toby Howard 44 27. Punchhi to be New CJI - The Hindu 46 28. Kovoor's Birth Centenary - Shankaranarayan U.J. 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Is there a Soul? - S. Jyothsna Rani 7 3. The Hypno-therapy controversy: Two letters to Shyam Manav 9 4. Exposed 5000 Babas, mantriks, tantriks spiritualists & mediums - Outlook 11 5. The.Myth of AJpha, Beta & Theta consciousness - Barry Beyerstein 11 6. Homeopathy is a Science claims a Homeopath - Vikram 28 7. Water with a memory? The Dilution Affair - Martin Gardner 29 8. Death Anniversary of a Rationalist Yogi - Gopalakrishnan P.V 38 9. Dr. Satwant Pasricha, Dr. lan Stevenson and their Reincarnation Stories - Ramakrishna Battacharya 39 10. Page-130 from Dharmakirti on Compassion & Rebirth - Ell Franco 39 11. Reincarnation Story Exposed - B. Premanand 41 12. Letter to Dr. Satwant Pasricha, dated 6-9-1993 42 13. Letter to Madan Lal Chandek by Dr. lan Stevenson dated 17-6-1980 43 14. Letter to Madan Lal Chandek by Dr. lan Stevenson dated 1-8-1980 43 15. Letter to Madan Lai Chandek by Dr. lan Stevenson dated 18-9-1980 44 16. Letter to Shantafamsingh Khojare.by Dr. lan Stevenson dt. 8-12-1996. 44 17. Letter to Dr. lan Stevenson by Warish Deshmukh dated 3-8-1996 44 18. Vastu-consciou& mayor takes charge, occupies old office - DH 46 19. Publishers address please - Jayatbandran R 46 20. Krishna Unconsciousness - Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Doing it for Jesus - Margaret Bhatty 7 3. The Right Hemisphere: An Esoteric Closet - Fernando D. Saravi 12 4. Youth 'brainwashed' by religious sect missing - Deccan Herald 20 5. Medical Student Traced - Deccan Herald 21 6. Sai Baba's Cricket Connection - Anil Kumar 21 7. Sai Baba takes to Cricket - Anil Kumar 22 8. Sai Baba takes to Cricket - R. Jayachandran 23 9. Sai Baba takes to Cricket: Reply - B. Premanand 23 10. Why attack the god idea? - Dr. Ramendra 24 11. Parapsychology Fraud - M.T. Koshy 28 12. Wedding of the Pipal Tree! - Gopalakrishnan P.V 28 13. Uttara for Voodoo - Lalita Iyer . 30 14. Religion - Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 32 15. Mr. Papfs Perpetual Motion - Richard Feynman 32 16. The Fits of Divinity - Outlook 35 17. No God has Created Diamond Rings - Naganathan Ravikanth 35 18. Sai Baba does not Practice what he Preaches - B. Premanand 36 19. Diary of the Shakti Pat Members at Puttaparthi - Klear Problem 38 20. Reply to Naganathan Ravikant - B. Premanand 45 21. More Premanand's Wanted - Jayakrishna Sahu 46 22. 'Padmabhusan'to V.M. Tarkunde - R. Jayachandran 47 23. Devotion & Lust - Book released 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Chief Justice enjoys too much power - Transfer as a weapon - Kuldip Nayar 4 3. Empirical Evidence for Reincarnation? Examining Stevenson's 'Most Impressive' Case - Leonard Angel 7 4. Towards An United Front by B. Premanand (ed.) Book Review - Margaret Bhatty 13 5. A Challetige to Astrologers and Predictors of the Future - Narendra Nayak 16 6. Damp Squibs of the Astrologers! - Narendra Nayak 17 7. You Deserve the National Award - Gerald Huber 18 8. Miracles and Mother Teresa: Part II - Margaret Bhatty 19 9. Therapeutic Touch: Tracing Back to Mesmer - George A. Ulett 23 10. Birth of a Deformed Girl Child - Rumours - Krishna Podder 26 11. Religion & Cults in our Everyday Life - B.B. Singh 29 12. Satya Sai Baba 1 know - Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 30 13. Voter's Awareness Campaign: Sharing an Experience - Dr. Sunanda Shet 31 14. Teak Throne for Sai Baba - P.V. Gopalakrishnan 36 15. Islamic Fundamentalism - A Bane or Boon for the Muslims - Md. Firozul Haque 37 16. Divine Monopoloy - S.A. Baseer 43 17. Healthy Skepticism - Tim Gorksi, M.D 43 18. Challenging Superstitions - Rahul Singh 45 19. In God's Court .. India Today 47 20. Sorabjee for Panel to go into misconduct by judges - Indian Express 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Expose godmen through media, courts - Rahul Singh 4 3. Birth Gentenary of Kovoor colebrated - Deccan Her-ald 5 4. Science wins Battle Versus superstfticn - Mallarashtra Herald 6 5. Fuzzy Logic - Rahul Singh 7 6. Poster Child Clinic - Dr. Munish Raizada 8 7. POSTER: Kovoor's Birth Centenary Celebrated 9 8. A Visit with Uri Geller - Richard Feynman 9 9 Can Man Create Life? - Dr. Rajendra Nayak 12 10. Ouija in the Classroom - Larry Barrieau 13 11. A Crusade Against Human Sexuality: Part III - Margaret Bhatty 15 12. Excuse Us'O' Gullibles - Sudhir Kumar Patriaik 20 13. Experiences with ISKCON - Overseas 20 14. Spanish Police state they prevented mass suicide by Atma (Isis Holistic) Center cult - Herman de Tollenaere 22 15. Internet web site with Critical Information on Occultism open now - Herman de Tollenaere 23 16. Non-Smokers Right Day - P.V. Gopalakrishnan 24 17. HC Crackdown on Holy Pond - Srikrishna Podder 27 18. Fate of a Fate Reader - Srikrishna Podder 29 19. Human Right Education at Finnish Schools - Pekka Elo 29 20. The Atheist and the Avatar - Robert Goodman 34 21. HYPNOSIS - Dr. George A. Ulett 39
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. 14th IHEU Congress - Concessions to tindian Skeptic Members 3 3. Koran lnterpretations are not Reveiations - P.V. Gopalakrishnan 4 4. Present Day occultism, from the Celestine, prophecy to Heaven's gate Herman de Tollenaere 5 5. Hypno-Therapy controversy - H. K. Deshmukh & Prashant Sapate 15 6. Matrimonial 17 7. Homoeopathy Controversy - Dr. P.M. Bhargava Responds 8. Rahul Singh's Article & Rumours by Sai Baba Members - D. J. Buxey 18 9. Gullible's Travels - George A. Ulett M.D 22 10. Believing what We See, Hear and Touch - Rainer Wolf 24 11. Encounters: Report of The Committee of Concerned Citizens 37 12. Fake Encounters in Andhra Pradesh 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Declaration of Indian Radical Humanist Association on Nuclear explosions in South Asia - Babu Gogineni 3 3. The Pursuit of Human Rights in a Multi-cultural World - Pekka Elo 5 4. Religion and Politics - Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 9 5. Modern Jesus to Exorcise Satan - P. V. Gopalakrishnan 12 6. Religious Jewish Men live on State Welfare & their Wives Earning - Internet 13 7. Acupuncture's Secrets Revealed: From Cult of Qi to Evidence-Based Acupuncture - George A. Ulett 13 8. Another Brazilian "healer" - James Randi 24 9. Police Reward Naxal for killing Four - Deccan Herald 25 10. Andhra cops turn criminal, govt in tight spot - R. Akhileshwari 25 11. Scientists Jealous About Godmen? - K. Prakash 27 12. Information Explosion: Consumers' Rights - Ramesh Kumar 29 13. Cargo Cult Science - Richard Feynman 30 14. Dr. Ian Stevenson, Sai Baba's Miracles and Reincarnation Stuff - B. Premanand 37 15. Tarksheel Society (Punjab): Conference 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Editor of Sarita, under Attack - Paresh Nath 4 3. Sai Baba could not answer the questions of his Devotee! - Dr. P. V. Pillai 5 4. Dr. Satwant Pasricha and The Re-incarnation Stuff II: Life after death : It could be true, says expert - Deccan Chronicle 7 5. "It could be true" cannot be "It is true" - B. Premanand 9 6. Ian Stevenson Replies to Leonard Angel 10 7. Science vs. Supernatural - Kisan Mehta 1 4 8. Govt land sold to ashram as pvt. property - M. B. Maramkal 15 9. The Naidu Connection - Times of lndia 15 10. Science as Society - J. V. Narlikar 16 11. Hypno-therapy Controversy: Hypnosis Featured at TBS Meeting - Valerie Gray 19 12. Murder Attempt on Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 20 Petition to Chief Justice of India - Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 21 Petition to Director General (Crime Branch), Cuttack, Orissa 22 Letters to The Editor on Murder Attempt - Firuzul Haque & Sudhir Kumar Patnaik 23 Can Man Create Life? Reader says "No" - Shankaranarayan U. J. 24 13. Readers Write: The Truth on Baba - M. Ramdas and I. Dawood 25 Mr. Ramdas, You are Spreading False Rumours and not Truth - B. Premanand 26 14. What happened to us on 1.1.1986 when we went to Sai Baba 29 16. Rationalists held at Puttaparthi - The Hindu 29 Rationalist for Exposing 'Godmen' - Deccan Herald 29 Atheist performs 'Miracles' - Indian Express 30 Atheist's claim to Expose Sai Baba - Times of India 30 15. The Illegal Arrest: Press Release - B. Premanand 31 16. CJ of Calcutta HC demits office - The Hindu 38 17. Workshop on Hypnotism - Dr. Munish Raizada 39 18. Albert Schweitzer: A Humanist - Dr, Munish Raizada 40 19. Take Action against Printing Superstitious Leaflets - Siddarth Radheshyam 41 20. Telugu University Award for Mrs. Saraswati Gora for Promotion of Rationalism - Dr. Vijayam 42 21. Training Workshop on Explaining of Science behind Miracles - Sarjit Talwar 43 22. AIDS Awareness Campaign by Rationalists of Puniab - Sarjit Talwar 44 23. Blue Film using a Corpse - P. V Gopalakrishnan 45 24. For a Healing i ouch - A. V. Varghese . 46 25. Promoting Rationalism (Editorial) - Times of India 46 26. Magicaution - K. A. Ramakrishna Murthy 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 2. Now, there's a code of conduct for Judges - Rakesh Bhatnagar 9 3. That Judicial Temptation - Krishen Mahajan 10 4. Dalit judge's successor cleans chamber with Ganga water - Times of India 12 5. Where is Justice? - Khushwant Singh 12 6. Stop Harassing Taslima Nasreen - Prakriti Kumer 13 7. G.S. Rao, known Atheist and Educationalist dead 14 8. How Lies, Change Falsehood to Truth - Dr. N.C.T. Brito Babapulle 16 9 From Saint to Criminal - Heike Teruttis 16 10. Astrology Seems to Work - Nibu Jacob 22 11. Astrology. With and Without Planets: Both of them are Hollow - Madav Risbud 255 12. Scientists are Jealous II K, Prakash Evades Producing his Thesis 29 13. Homeopathy Controversy III Gurukula Mitra Retracts from proving his claims 30 14. Show me The Data - Edvard A. Hemmingsen 31 15. Letter to The Editor: 1) Guide Us - Dr. Dinesh Mishra 31 2) Nadi Astrology - Laxmidas Khatau 31 16. Reincarnation Stuff IV: 1) Rebirth - Some Clear Evidences - C. Damodara Menon 32 2) Rebirth - Sorne False Evidences - Nithya Chaithanya Yathi 35 17. Amma Daya Godman Arrested for Rape - Vikram 38 18. Readers Reactions: 1) Birth of A Deformed Girl Child - Dr. Munish Raizada 39 2) Miracles & Mother Teresa - Dr. Munish Raizada 39 Mother Teresa's Miracle Jayakrishna Sahu 40 In the Name of the Mother - Hubert Vaz 41 'He has been harassing us ...' 42 3) Pseudo-Secular Stink in your Editorial - Jayakriahna Sahu 43 4) Wasted 10 Precious Pages of IS - Jayakrishna Sahu 45 5) Indian Skeptic has an Open Mind - K.V. Dharmani 46 6) The Propagation of Superstitions by Media - Shankarnarayan U.J. 46 7) People like you teach me 'What is Truth' - R. Jayachandran 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 Does not Reflect our Views - Says Tribune 2 The IHEU Conference 2 6 Murders by Sai Baba on 6-6-1993 3 Marriages without Rituals 3 Humanist Organisations of Bihar condemn attempts to change the secular character of Education 4 2. Know our Members 1: Dr. P.M. Bhargava - Chandana Chakrebarti 4 3. Fellow seekers of the Truth - We have been sexually abused by Sai Baba - Sekaran 6 4. Prof. Abraham T. Kovoor: A Profile - M. Subba Rao 11 5. Book Review U.F.O's The Public Deceived Philip Klass - Hussain N.M 14 6. The True Colour of Modern Spiritual Gurus - Jayakrishna Sahu 15 7. Kripalu Maharaj: The Krishnavatar - Overseas 20 8. Letters to Editor: Questions & Answers on Godmen 26 9. Prof. Abraham T. Kovoor Birth Centenary Programme Celebrated at Mandya: A Report - Sidda Raju Kothathi 27 10. Curing Snake Bite by Touch - Dr. Munish Raizada 28 11. Anantapur Celebrates 120th Birthday of Periyar & Kovoor's Centenary - C. R. Ananda Rao 28 12. Relevance of Poriyar's work to India Today (1879-1973) - Mehul Kamdar 29 13. Stevenson, Satwant Pasricha & Reincarnation - Dr. Eli Franco Replies 34 14. A Case of Reincarnation: Re-examined - Joe Nickell 36 15. Sweet & Sour: The latest fad is Vastu - Khushwant Singh 39 16. This Superstitious World! - T.K. Balan 40 17. Blood on Statuette may not be hoax - Dhiman Chattopadhyay 41 18. Clairvoyant cures Cancer with Sati's Blessings - Labonite Ghosh 42 19. Miracle-seekers flock to special cows - Times of lndia 43 20. He summons Saturn with his Pooja - Monish Gangwani 44 21. 'Dabblers and quacks can cause a great deal of har' - Vithat C. Nadkarni 45 22. Inspiration to Others - S. Baseer 46 Faith Smart 46 23. Exposing Fraud Sadhus - Shruti Prakash 46 24. Holy Men fled with God and Money - P. V Gopalakrishnan 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 The Fight against the Mafia Raj 2 2. Dr. Satwant Pasricha, Ian Stevenson and Rebirth Stuff. H.N. Banerji, Rajasthan University and Parapsychology - Dr. A.T. Kovoor 4 3. Our Investigation "Betting on Cricket" is Proved True - B. Premanand 8 Corruption in Cricket Confirmed - Indian Express 8 4. Investigate Potta Retreat Ministry - R. S. Cooper 9 5. Much ADO about Nothing: Curing Through Prayer - Gopatakrishnan P.V. 10 6. Hypno Therapy Controversy - Sreenivas Jodavula 20 You are Feeling very, very Sleepy - David Concar 20 7. Sai Baba's Empty Promises "Why Fear when I am Here" leads to 9 Suicides - B. Premanand 24 8. ISKCON Gurus in Sex Scandals - Awani Kumar 28 Revolt against ISKCON Gurus over Sex Scandals - Times of India 28 9. Touch Therapy Critic Hits Nerve - Gina Kolata 29 10. Experiences of a Devotee from Overseas about Kripalu Maharaj and his Raas Leela 31 11. Buxey Responds: Confesses his Mistake - D.J. Buxey 41 Sorcars try it, and it happens - Abhijit Majumder 42 'Milk Miracle' continues in NY - Sunday Times 43 12. Miracle Man or Petty Magician? Will the real Sai Baba please stand up - Sunday 45 13. DD Director Scuttles issue - Deccan Chronicle 47
1. Contents Editor's Page - Rationalist Conference 3 Railway Fraud 3 2. Astrologers Fail to Predict the winning Candidates - Dr- Dinesh Mishra 4 3. On the Truth's Trail - S.A. Baseer 4 4. Hypnosis: A Fact Sheet - Lewis Jones 5 5. P.V. Gopalakrishnan Awarded a Junior Fellowship by the Ministry of Human Resource Development 8 6. Sought Treasure; Brought Trouble! - P.V. Gopalakrishnan 8 7. Book Review: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, A Man of Destiny of India - E.P. Menon 9 8. A Photograph of Monkey creating sensation in Hyderabad - Vikram 9 9. Yoga is beneficial - P.B. Danish 10. Why Women flock to Godmen? And other Questions - N.J. Francis 10 11. How to bring Change? Question by Miss. R. Sahani 12 12. The Miracle of 3 Lanterns burning continuously without oil for 20 years - N. Vidya 12 13. Celestial Fire-works - Dr. Munish Raizada 13 14. Are my Articles, copies from other sources? - Dr. Umesh Patri 13 15. The Sai Baba Cassette - David L. Kent 14 16. Thinking the Unthinkable - MargeretBhatty 15 17. Sai Baba's Love - B. Premanand 19 18. All Names are Mine and All Forms are mine. Your worship to any of your chosen God, reaches Me - Satya Sai Baba 20 19. Sai Baba talks to Newspaper Editors - S. Anil Kumer 22 20. Satya Sai speaks out - Sarosh Bena 23 21. Devil Quotes the Scriptures - Dr. N. C. T. Brito Babepulie 26 22. The Heart of Sai - Firoza Dharmapala 26 23. Prime Minister Vajpayee visits Sai Baba - S. Anil Kumar 29 24. Vajpayee to open Hi-Tech City in Hyderabad - Deccan Herald 30 25. P.M. to attend Sai Baba's 73rd Birthday - S. Nagesh Kumar 31 26. Tight Security for PM at Puttaparthi - Deccan Chronicle 32 27. Police ready to nab "Saktipat" followers - S. Nagesh Kumar 32 28. Organisers pull out all stops for Sai Baba's 73rd Birth day - Vinita G. Singh 32 29. Devotees throng Puttaparthi - S. Nagesh Kumar 33 30. Japanese nationals Held - The Hindu 33 31. "Goof-ups" mar Reception to PM - R.J. Rajendra Prasad 34 32. Odd-man-out PM at Baba's Bash - Diptosh Majumdar 35 33. PM attends B'Day of Seer - Hindustan Times 36 34. Crowds throng Puttaparthi - The Hindu 37 35. It's Destination Puttaparthi for Citys with IT people - Vinita G. Singh 37 36 Why did PM, Naidu touch Sai Baba's feet, asks CPI - Times of India 38 37. Yogi & Commissar - Deccan Herald 38 38. Regarding: Sathya Sai Baba - Warren C. Pyke 39 39. Sai Baba - A Thug? - Warren C. Pyke 39 40. N. Om Dev's Non-Skeptic logic 41 41. Films on Origin of Universe, Galaxy, Solar System Earth, origin of life on Earth and Species wanted - Deepak J. Girme 45 42. Establish Mental Health Centres in every Panchayat - R. Jayachandran 46 43. Gandhi Versus Godse - Khushwant Singh 48
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 Superstitions and Pseudo-science in Doordarshan 2 Murders in Sai Baba's Bedroom 3 2. Telekinesis' is not a science, but a myth - Dr. Rajendra Gere 4 3. What did the Cervakas mean by 'Sukham Jivet'? - Ramaktishne Bhattacharya. 4 4. Sakthimaan: The Newest God? - Margaret Bhatty 10 5. Brahma Reddy's way paves path to success - B.V. Redhakrishna Murthy & D. Panigrahi 14 6. Six Murders in Sai Baba's Bedroom: A Barrister's Comment - Warren C Pyke 17 7. A few thoughts on price rise and its disturbing dimensions - Dr. (Mrs.) Sunanda Shet 18 8. A question of Human Values - Dr. Rao V.B.J. Chellkani 23 9. Islam: Fascism & Terrorism in the Garb of Religion? - Firozul Haque 26 10 If an Advertisement is wrong, here's what you can do - The Advertising Standards Council of India 31 11. Here are some advertisements, would you put them right? - B. Premanand 35 12. Investigate the prediction advertisement in Manorama Year Book-1999 - Dr. Munish Raizade 36 13. News Papers and Magical Remedies Act - Gopelakrishnan P.V. 37 14. Dalits & Human Rights Violation - Siddherth Radheshyam 41 15. How not to get quacked! - Dr. Aniruddha Malpani 43 16. Cultural prerequisites of freedom - Dr. (Ms.) Kawaljeet 45 17. Skeptic - A.K.A. Rahiman 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 The belief in Superstitions 2 2. God Check-mated - A. Hamath & A. Sutyanarayana 4 3. Jesus among the Clouds - Joe Nickell 23 4. Homoeopathy Controversy - B. Premanand 26 5. Homoeopathy - Bernard Howard 28 6. The parable of the Wolf's Footprints - Ramakrishna Bhattacharya 31 7. The Logic of the Non-Skeptic Om Dev Nellore II - B. Premanand 36 8. Premadasa Reincarnates in Sri Lanka - Margaret Bhatty 38 9, How Kovoor changed my life from Superstitions, to a Rationalist - Dr. Rajendra Gera 39 10. Stop Sai Bhajans: Start Blood- Bank for National Integration - B.V. Radhakrishna Murthy 41 11. Stop Planting the seeds for a Second Partion - Siddharth Radheshyam 42 12. The man who could foresee the future of others, could not foresee his own future - Avani Kumar 43 Miracle Man wants Miracle to happen to him - Srinivasa Prasad 43 13. Shakuntala Devi miscalculates' forgets bag in cab - Express Nevis Service 44 14. Religious Expulsion - Gopalakrishnan P.V 44 15. Firewalk Firm escapes Court Action - NZ Skeptics 45 16. Brand problems of a religious, multinational - Swaminathan & Anklesaria Aiyar 45
1. Is the Personal Publicity Expenses exempted from Income Tax? - and contravention of Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectonable Advertisements) Act 1954 2 Maha Yaga brings War & Destruction 2 2. Do Physics & Metaphysics Meet? - Dr. Munish Raizada 4 3. 'Commit a crime, become a sadhu' - Amit Sharma 4 4, Search of Truth - S. Jayarama Reddy 5 5. The Exorcist - Margaret Bhatty 9 6. The Private and The Public Ethics - Pekka Eio 14 7. Remembering Kovoor - Rationalism in An Irrational Worid - Rehut Singh 19 8. Swami Muthukamakshi's Miracles - B. Premanand 21 9. Why Sai Baba is given so much importance? - S.A. Baseer 21 10. Testing New Claims of dermo-optical Perception - Claudio Benski & CRSSA Scientists 22 11. Sir, You are Silent on other Religions - Nameless Letter 31 12. This Superstitious World - T.K. Belan 31 13. Mata Amritanandamayi Addresses Meet - Lakshmi V 32 14. Advertisement 33 15. Praying for Peace - Renu Bhatnagar 34 16. Rationalists put up fight against obscurantism - Vidyadhar Date 36 17. Biological Control of Mosquitos by Introducing Larvidical Fishes in Open Gutters and Water Ditches - V.K. Partikar 37 18. Suggestions for improvement - D.P. Sharma 39 19. The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectional Advertisements) Act, 1954 42 20. Indian Skeptic - Thought Provoking - Dr. B.H.M. Nijalingappa 47
1. Contents & Editor's Page 2 The People's Awakening 2 The Celebacy of the godmen - Sacrificing life to conceive 3 2. Human Rights - K. Aravinda Rao ... 4 3. These Superstitious Leaders - Prakriti Kumar 8 4. A struggle against Fundamentalists - Dhananjay Aditya 9 5. How to be Skeptical - New Zealand Skeptics 13 6. Therapeutic Touch: Raising the Hurdle? What Hurdle? - Tom Napier 18 7. Accepting Miracles in Your Life - Bob Glickman 19 8. Investigating Spirit Communications - Joe Nickeit 21 9. False Hopes or Hard Truths? - Terfy A. Smiyanich 24 10. Blind Faith - Rosamma Jose 26 11. This Superstitious World - T.K. Balan 26 12. Doomsday Forecast - J.V. Nartikar 27 13. 'Many are drawn to pseudo sciences like astrology' - Vaishnavi C. Sekhar 29 14. Prediction Addiction: A spreading new trend - Sue Reid 31 15. ISKCON turmoil: Its icon 'falls for a woman' - Ashis Chakrabarti 32 16. Tantrik, aide held for sacrificing girl - Times of India 34 17. Astrologees Advertisement - Achaarya Sidhaarat 34 18. Pranic Healing - Advertisement 35 19. Rationalists chant Godiess Mantra - Narendran Nair C.N. 36 20. CPI-ML-PW Response to the First Report of the CCC 39 21. God Check-mated - excellent - Dr. Jose K. Paul 47
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